sententious - 04/13/04 02:40 PM
Wordsmith gives an excellent example of a tragic tendency
of English to take a fine complimentary word, and let the
meaning drift to a snotty sneer. Der Quibblemeister is
shedding great big tears.
sententious (sen-TEN-shuhs) adjective
1. Full of pithy expressions.
2. Full of pompous moralizing.
of English to take a fine complimentary word, and let the
meaning drift to a snotty sneer. Der Quibblemeister is
shedding great big tears.
sententious (sen-TEN-shuhs) adjective
1. Full of pithy expressions.
2. Full of pompous moralizing.