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sappy.

Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈsæpi/
  1. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)

    US
    It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
  2. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.

  3. Juicy.

    obsolete
  4. Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

adj
  1. Musty; tainted; rancid.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Compare Latin sapere (“to taste”).

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