sententiosity en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin sententiōsus + -ity.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually) The quality or state of being sententious.
Noſce teipſum of Thales: Noſce tempus of Pittacus: Nihil nimis of Cleobulus; which notwithſtanding to ſpeake indifferently, are but vulgar precepts in Morality, carrying with them nothing above the lyne, or beyond the extemporall ſententioſity of common conceits with us.
1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sententiosities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |