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sau⋅cy
[saw-see] 
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–adjective, -ci⋅er, -ci⋅est.
| 1. | impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child. |
| 2. | pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter. |
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| sauc·y (sô'sē) adj. sauc·i·er, sauc·i·est
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Saucy
Sau"cy\, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.] [From Sauce.]1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest? --Shak. 2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. --Shak. Syn: Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Saucy
Spanish:
fresco, descarado,
German:
frech,
Japanese:
生意気な
saucy
1508, "resembling sauce," later "impertinent, cheeky" (1530), from sauce (q.v.). The connecting notion is the fig. sense of "piquancy in words or actions." Cf. sauce malapert "impertinence" (1529), and slang phrase to have eaten sauce "be abusive" (1526). Also cf. salty in same senses.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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