Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Sententious

Sententious , adjective

[Latin sentenciosus: compare French 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. [Obsolete]
Sententious marks. — Grew