sappy
English
/ˈsæpi/
adj
Definitions
- (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
- Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
- (obsolete) Juicy.
- (obsolete) Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sappy inherited from Old English sæpiġ (succulent, full of sap) suf from English sap.
Origin
English
sap
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pinesap English
- sap English
- sapfest English
- sapful English
- saphead English
- sapheaded English
- sapless English
- saplike English
- sapling English
- sapper English
- sappest English
- sappeth English
- sappily English
- sappiness English
- sapskull English
- sapsucker English
- sapsucking English
- sapwood English
- unsappy English
- Saft German
- saftig German
- sap Dutch, Flemish
- sappig Dutch, Flemish
- sappigheid Dutch, Flemish
- saft Swedish
- saftig Swedish
- sæpiġ Old English
- sap Middle English
- sapines Middle English
- sappy Middle English
- saft Danish
- saftig Danish
- sapich Middle Dutch
- sappig Afrikaans