sententious

sententious [sen ten′shəs]

adj.

[L sententiosus < sententia: see SENTENCE]

1. expressing much in few words; short and pithy; pointed

2. full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc., esp. in a way that is ponderously trite and moralizing

sententiously

adv.

sententiousness

n.