sappiness
i adjective, sap·pi·er, sap·pi·est.
1.
abounding in sap, as a plant.
2.
full of vitality and energy.
3.
Slang. silly or foolish.
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sappy (ˈsæpɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -pier, -piest | |
| 1. | (of plants) full of sap |
| 2. | full of energy or vitality |
| 3. | slang silly or fatuous |
| 'sappily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sappiness | |
| —n | |
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Sappiness
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| sappy (ˈsæpɪ) | |
| —adj , -pier, -piest | |
| 1. | (of plants) full of sap |
| 2. | full of energy or vitality |
| 3. | slang silly or fatuous |
| 'sappily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sappiness | |
| —n | |
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sappy
"full of sap," Late O.E. sæpig, from sæp (see sap (n.1)). Fig. sense of "foolishly sentimental" (1670) may have developed from an intermediate sense of "wet, sodden" (c.1470). Earlier, now obs., fig. senses were "full of vitality" (1558) and "immature" (1627).
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