sententious

/sɛn'tɛnʃəs/ adjective
11 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1

Concise and full of meaning.

“the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”

2

Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing.

“too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation”

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Syllablessen · ten · tious
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