sappy.
Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
Meaning & usage
Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
It was a sappy love song, but it reminded them of their first dance.
Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
Juicy.
Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
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.
Musty; tainted; rancid.
Where this word comes from
Compare Latin sapere (“to taste”).
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