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[sen'tenʃəs]aggettivo sentenzioso* * *sententious /sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/a.sentenzioso; aforistico; pomposo: a sententious writer [style], uno scrittore [uno stile] sentenzioso (o pomposo)● (spreg.) a sententious man, uno sputasentenzesententiously avv. sententiousness n. [u].* * *[sen'tenʃəs]aggettivo sentenzioso
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