| 单词 | sententious |
| 释义 | sententious —sententiously, adv. —sententiousness, sententiosity /sen ten'shee os"i tee/, n. /sen ten"sheuhs/, adj. 1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. 2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous. 3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet. 4. of the nature of a maxim; pithy. [1400-50; late ME < L sententiosus meaningful. See SENTENCE, -OUS] Syn. 2. preachy, didactic, sanctimonious, moralistic. |
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