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Word: Sententious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin sententiosus, from sententia ‘opinion’ (see sentence). The original sense was ‘full of meaning or wisdom’, later becoming depreciatory
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɛnˈtɛnʃəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner
Short Definition:given to moralizing in pompous or affected manner
Examples:- he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric
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