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Word entry · 5 letters

sappy

Best crossword clue

"Cloying mood"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsæpi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted appsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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