sententious
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sententious /sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
▶adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
– derivatives
sententiously adverb,
sententiousness noun.
sententiously adverb,
sententiousness noun.
– origin ME (in sense ‘full of meaning or wisdom’): from L. sententiosus, from sententia (see sentence).
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