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Sappy
is always a great word to know.
So is banana oil. Does it mean:
| an old person |
| insincere talk; nonsense |
Example Sentences
- It's one of those things that would get written out of a script for being too sappy.
- Don't bother me with sappy endings, special effects or flabby plots.
- More worrisome is that those pine logs are dripping pitch and the others still smell fresh and sappy.
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Etymonline
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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