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Sententious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Sententious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"

2

concise and full of meaning

"welcomed her pithy comments"

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

3

Full of meaning.

Example Sentences
"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation" adjective
"welcomed her pithy comments" adjective
"the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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