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sappymore about sappy

sappy

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sappy  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sappy  \Sap"py\,  a.  [Written  also  {sapy}.]  [Cf.  L.  sapere  to 
  taste.] 
  Musty;  tainted.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sappy 
  adj  1:  (informal  terms)  "gave  me  a  cockamamie  reason  for  not 
  going";  "wore  a  goofy  hat";  "a  silly  idea";  "some 
  wacky  plan  for  selling  more  books"  [syn:  {cockamamie}, 
  {cockamamy},  {fool(a)},  {goofy},  {silly},  {wacky},  {zany}, 
  {unreasonable}] 
  2:  abounding  in  sap;  "sappy  maple  trees";  "sappy  kindling  wood"




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