sententious

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

   Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation- Kathleen Barnes.

2. 2
   adj

   Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.

   His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.

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

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