SENTENTIOUS

pithy, sententious

(adjective) concise and full of meaning; “welcomed her pithy comments”; “the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”- Hervey Allen

sententious

(adjective) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; “too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation”- Kathleen Barnes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

sententious (comparative more sententious, superlative most sententious)

(obsolete) Full of meaning.

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing.

Synonyms

• (using as few words as possible): concise, pithy

• (tending to use aphorisms): aphoristic

Source: Wiktionary

Sen*ten"tious, a.Etym: [L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.]

1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! Addison.

2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] "Sententious marks." Grew. --- Sen*ten"tious*ly, adv.

– Sen*ten"tious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition