Word: sententious
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: sen
ten
tious
Definition: Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
Morphemes:
Affix: sententious
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: sentiens
Language: la
Decoded: sentiens
Meaning: feeling, perceiving
Affix: -ia
Language: la
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective or a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.