#the beautiful word list

thebeautifulwordlist:

Adjective

[sen-ten-shuh s]

1. abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims:
    a sententious book.

2. given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous.

3. given to or using pithy sayings or maxims:
    a sententious poet.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin sententiōsusmeaningful. 

“Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.”
- Bertrand Russell