Sententiousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              How he apes his sire,
              Ambitiously sententious!              --Addison.
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     2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.]
        "Sententious marks." --Grew.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sen*ten"tious*ly}, adv. --
        {Sen*ten"tious*ness}, n.
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