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English
Etymology
From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)
- Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
- Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
- (obsolete) Full of meaning.
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obsolete: full of meaning
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 (sv), koncis (sv)
- Tibetan: ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་བསྡུས་པ (tshig nyung don bsdus pa), ཚིག་ཉུང་དོན་ཚང (tshig nyung don tshang)
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tending to use aphorisms or maxims