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Webster 1913 Edition

Sappy

Sap′py

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sappier
;
sup
erl.
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

,
Adj.
[Written also
sapy
.]
[Cf. L.
sapere
to taste.]
Musty; tainted.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Sappy

SAP'PY

,
Adj.
1.
Abounding with sap; juicy; succulent.
2.
Young; not firm; weak.
When he had passed this weak and sappy age -
3.
Weak in intellect.

SAP'PY

,
Adj.
[Gr. to putrefy.] Musty; tainted. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

sappy

sappy

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsæpi/
  • Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

sappy ‎(comparative sappier, superlative sappiest)

  1. (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
    It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
  2. Having sap.
    • Alfred Tennyson
      But these, tho' fed with careful dirt,
      Are neither green nor sappy;
      Half-conscious of the garden-squirt,
      The spindlings look unhappy.
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare Latin sapere to taste.

Alternative forms

  • sapy

Adjective

sappy ‎(comparative more sappy, superlative most sappy)

  1. (obsolete) Musty; tainted.

Etymology

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