sententious

English

WOTD – 2 December 2009

Etymology

From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).

Pronunciation

(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/
Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧tious

Adjective

sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)

(obsolete) Full of meaning.
Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

Synonyms

(using as few words as possible): concise, pithy
(tending to use aphorisms): aphoristic

Derived terms

Related terms

sentential

Translations

obsolete: full of meaning

Swedish: konsis

using as few words as possible

Dutch: kernachtig (nl)
Finnish: ytimekäs (fi), niukkasanainen, lyhytsanainen, tiivis (fi)
French: concis (fr), laconique (fr), succint (fr)
Italian: conciso (it), succinto (it), laconico (it)

Russian: афористи́чный (ru) (aforistíčnyj), кра́ткий (ru) (krátkij), сжатый (ru) (sžatyj), лаконичный (ru) (lakoničnyj)
Spanish: conciso (es), lacónico (es), sucinto (es)
Swedish: kärnfull, koncis (sv)

tending to use aphorisms or maxims

French: sentencieux (fr), pédant (fr), pontifiant (fr)
Russian: нравоучительный (ru) (nravoučitelʹnyj); менторский (ru) (mentorskij), сентенциозный (ru) (sentencioznyj)

Spanish: sentencioso
Swedish: moraliserande (sv), aforistisk (sv)

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