Definitions
effusively or insincerely emotional
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“But these, tho’ fed with careful dirt, Are neither green nor sappy; Half-conscious of the garden-squirt, The spindlings look unhappy,”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cloying mood”5 letters
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