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sappiness

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sap⋅py

  [sap-ee]
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–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. abounding in sap, as a plant.
2. full of vitality and energy.
3. Slang. silly or foolish.
Origin:
bef. 1100; ME sapy, OE sæpig; see sap 1 , -y 1

Related forms:
sap⋅pi⋅ness, noun
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sap·py   (sāp'ē)   
adj.   sap·pi·er, sap·pi·est

  1. Full of sap; juicy.

  2. Slang Excessively sentimental; mawkish.

  3. Slang Silly or foolish.

sap'pi·ly adv., sap'pi·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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