sententiosity

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• Sententiosity — Sen*ten ti*os i*ty, n. The quality or state of being sententious. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sententious — sententiously, adv. sententiousness, sententiosity /sen ten shee os i tee/, n. /sen ten sheuhs/, adj. 1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. 2. given to excessive moralizing; self righteous. 3. given to or using pithy… …   Universalium