Both Uses
sententious
in
Romeo and Juliet
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- R is for the dog: no; I know it begins with some other letter:—and she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good to hear it.†
p. 108.2 *
- R is for the dog: no; I know it begins with some other letter:—and she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good to hear it.†
p. 103.6 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(sententious) annoying attempt to sound smart or important
or more rarely (and typically in classic literature):
expressing wisdom or knowledge concisely - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)