| Flashcards: Latin Derivatives |
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1) expressing much in a few words; 2) speaking or writing as if one were a judge deciding a case; 3) full of or fond of using maxims or proverbs
ired of his "words of wisdom," she called him "a sententious old coot" and left the room.
Related English word: sententiousness
Latin root words: sententiosus, sententiosa, sententiosum - meaningful; pithy; sententia, sententiae, f. - feeling, opinion, motto
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