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oversententious

oversententious adjective: excessively sententious.

Adjective

oversententious (comparative more oversententious, superlative most oversententious)

  1. Excessively sententious.

Forms of oversententious

comparativemore oversententious
superlativemost oversententious

Origin of oversententious

From over- + sententious.

Questions about oversententious

What does oversententious mean?
Oversententious means excessively sententious.
What part of speech is oversententious?
Oversententious is an adjective.

Words near oversententious in the dictionary

  1. oversent
  2. oversentence
  3. oversentenced
  4. oversentences
  5. oversentencing
  6. oversententious
  7. oversentimental
  8. oversentimentalism
  9. oversentimentality
  10. oversentimentalize
  11. oversentimentalized

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