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sententiosity

sententiosity noun: the quality or state of being sententious.

Noun

sententiosity (usually uncountable, plural sententiosities)

  1. (obsolete, rare, usually) The quality or state of being sententious.
    • Noſce teipſum of Thales: Noſce tempus of Pittacus: Nihil nimis of Cleobulus; which notwithſtanding to ſpeake indifferently, are but vulgar precepts in Morality, carrying with them nothing above the lyne, or beyond the extemporall ſententioſity of common conceits with us.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 23

Forms of sententiosity

pluralsententiosities

Origin of sententiosity

From Latin sententiōsus + -ity.

Questions about sententiosity

What does sententiosity mean?
Sententiosity means the quality or state of being sententious.
What part of speech is sententiosity?
Sententiosity is a noun.
What is the plural of sententiosity?
The plural of sententiosity is sententiosities.

Words near sententiosity in the dictionary

  1. sententiaries
  2. sententiarist
  3. sententiarists
  4. sententiary
  5. sententiosities
  6. sententiosity
  7. sententious
  8. sententiously
  9. sententiousness
  10. Senter
  11. senteries

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