Meaning of SAPPY
| Pronunciation: | | 'sapee
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- [adj] abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"
- [adj] (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
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| | Synonyms: | | cockamamie, cockamamy, fool(a), foolish, goofy, juicy, silly, unreasonable, wacky, whacky, zany |
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\Sap"py\, a. [Compar. {Sappier}; superl. {Sappiest}.]
[From 1st {Sap}.]
1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
When he had passed this weak and sappy age.
--Hayward.
3. Weak in intellect. [Low]
4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely
of, sapwood.
\Sap"py\, a. [Written also {sapy}.] [Cf. L. sapere to
taste.]
Musty; tainted. [Obs.]
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