sententious

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Lyly's style was pithy and sententious, and his sentences have the air of proverbs or epigrams.

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  1. adjective Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
  2. adjective Abounding in aphorisms.
  3. adjective Given to aphoristic utterances.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententiōsus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion; see sentence.

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  1. from Middle English sentencyowse, from Old French sententieux, sentencieux, French sentencieux = Spanish Portuguese sentencioso = Italian sentenzioso, from Latin sententiosus, full of meaning, pithy, sententious, from sententia, opinion, precept, sentence: see sentence.
 

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/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
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