[sen.ten.tious] adj [ME, full of meaning, fr. L sententiosus, fr. sententia sentence, maxim] (1509) 1 a: given to or abounding in aphoristic expression b: given to or abounding in excessive moralizing
2: terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression: pithy, epigrammatic -- sen.ten.tious.ly adv -- sen.ten.tious.ness n