English-Thai Dictionary

sententious

ADJ เต็มไปด้วย สุภาษิต  ซึ่ง ชอบ เล่นสำนวน  เชิง สั่งสอน  aphoristic tem-pai-duai-su-pa-sid

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SENTENTIOUS

a. 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms and maxims; short and energetic; as a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
How he apes his sire,
Ambitiously sententious. Addison.
2. Comprising sentences; as sententious marks.
[This should be sentential. ]

 

SENTENTIOUSLY

adv. In short expressive periods; with striking brevity. Nausicca delivers her judgement sententiously, to give it more weight. Broome.

 

SENTENTIOUSNESS

n.Pithiness of sentences; brevity with strength. The Medea I esteem for its gravity and sententiousness. Dryden.
Sentery, and sentry are corrupted from sentinel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SENTENTIOUS

Sen *ten "tious, a.Etym: [L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux. ]

 

1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! Addison.

 

2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs. ] "Sententious marks." Grew. --- Sen *ten "tious *ly, adv. -- Sen *ten "tious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sententious

sen ten tious |senˈtenCHəs sɛnˈtɛn (t )ʃəs | ▶adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner: he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric. DERIVATIVES sen ten tious ly adverb, sen ten tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin sententiosus, from sententia ‘opinion ’ (see sentence ). The original sense was ‘full of meaning or wisdom, ’ later becoming depreciatory.

 

Oxford Dictionary

sententious

sententious |sɛnˈtɛnʃəs | ▶adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner: he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb, sententiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin sententiosus, from sententia ‘opinion ’ (see sentence ). The original sense was ‘full of meaning or wisdom ’, later becoming depreciatory.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sententious

sententious adjective her later works are sometimes diffuse and sententious: moralistic, moralizing, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistic, pious, priggish, judgmental; pompous, pontifical, self-important; informal preachy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sententious

sententious adjective his sententious remarks were unbearable: moralistic, moralizing, sanctimonious, self-righteous, pietistic, pious, priggish, Pecksniffian, judgemental, canting; pompous, pontifical, self-important; Scottish unco guid; informal preachy, preachifying; Brit. informal pi.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sententious

sen ten tious /senténʃəs /形容詞 1 簡潔な .2 ｟かたく ｠もったいぶった, 教訓めいた .3 格言の多い .