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Definition of Sappy
1. Adjective. Ludicrous, foolish. "Some wacky plan for selling more books"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Foolish
Derivative terms: Goof, Goof, Silliness, Zany, Zany
2. Adjective. Abounding in sap. "Sappy kindling wood"
Definition of Sappy
1. a. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
2. a. Musty; tainted.
Definition of Sappy
1. Adjective. (American English) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy) ¹
2. Adjective. Having sap or having to do with sap. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) musty; tainted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sappy
1. silly [adj -PIER, -PIEST] : SAPPILY [adv] - See also: silly
Medical Definition of Sappy
1.
1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juisy; succulent.
2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. "When he had passed this weak and sapy age." (Hayward)
3. Weak in intellect.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sappy
Literary usage of Sappy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"And plainly the reason why the tree survives is that it is sappy and green because
it has no side-growths.1 Now this is peculiar to the silver-fir. ..."
2. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"See that word, and sappy. SCONCE. The head, for which we have many names, as
noticed under COSTARD. Sconce is several times used by Shakespeare. ..."
3. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"See that word, and sappy. SCONCE. The head, for which we have many names, as
noticed under COSTARD. Sconce it several times used by Shakespeare : Must I go ..."
4. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"wood is of a soft spungy nature; sappy, and alluring to the worm. In point of
picturesque beauty I am not inclined to rank the beech much higher than in ..."
5. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"wood is of a soft spungy nature; sappy, and alluring to the worm. In point of
picturesque beauty I am not inclined to rank the beech much higher than in ..."
6. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"And plainly the reason why the tree survives is that it is sappy and green because
it has no side-growths.1 Now this is peculiar to the silver-fir. ..."
7. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"See that word, and sappy. SCONCE. The head, for which we have many names, as
noticed under COSTARD. Sconce is several times used by Shakespeare. ..."
8. Suffolk Words and Phrases: Or, An Attempt to Collect the Lingual Localisms by Edward Moor (1823)
"See that word, and sappy. SCONCE. The head, for which we have many names, as
noticed under COSTARD. Sconce it several times used by Shakespeare : Must I go ..."
9. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"wood is of a soft spungy nature; sappy, and alluring to the worm. In point of
picturesque beauty I am not inclined to rank the beech much higher than in ..."
10. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"wood is of a soft spungy nature; sappy, and alluring to the worm. In point of
picturesque beauty I am not inclined to rank the beech much higher than in ..."
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