sententiousness
1sententiousness — sententious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb sententiousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «full of meaning or wisdom»: from Latin sententia opinion …
2Sententiousness — Sententious Sen*ten tious, a.[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. [1913… …
3sententiousness — noun see sententious …
4sententiousness — See sententiously. * * * …
5sententiousness — noun The state or condition of being sententious …
6sententiousness — sen ten·tious·ness || sen tenʃəsnɪs n. sanctimoniousness, self righteousness …
7sententiousness — n. Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor, compactness …
8sententiousness — sen·ten·tious·ness …
9sententiousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being sententious …
10Preciosity — Pre ci*os i*ty, n.; pl. { ties}. [F. pr[ e]ciosit[ e], OF. also precieuset[ e].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[ e]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the… …