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sappy

adj
/ˈsæpi/

Etymology

From Middle English sappy, sapy, from Old English sæpiġ (“full of sap, succulent”), equivalent to sap + -y. Cognate with West Frisian sappig (“juicy”), Dutch sappig (“juicy, succulent”), Middle High German saffic, seffec ("juicy, succulent"; > German saftig), Danish saftig (“juicy”), Swedish saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of zaftig.

  1. inherited from sæpiġ — “full of sap, succulent”
  2. inherited from sappy

Definitions

  1. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic

    Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

    • He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling.
    • It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.

  2. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.

    • But these, tho’ fed with careful dirt, Are neither green nor sappy; Half-conscious of the garden-squirt, The spindlings look unhappy,
    • The sappy green twig-tips of the season’s growth would not, she thought, be appreciably woodier on the day she became a wife, so near was the time; the tints of the foliage would hardly have changed.

  3. Juicy.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Spongy

      Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.

      • ...wood is of a soft spungy nature ; sappy, and alluring to the worm.

    2. Musty

      Musty; tainted; rancid.

      • sappie or unsavourie flesh
      • Sapy [denotes] a moisture contracted on the outward surface of meats, which is the first stage of dissolution.
      • Some housekeepers prepare their hung beef in this manner: Take the navel piece, and hang it up in your cellar as long as it will keep good, and til it begins to be a little sappy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA