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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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Sappy
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
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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Example sentences
They were sappy with the homely satire of the camps, which stings friend and foe alike.
At any moment it can veer into cloyingly sappy territory.
It is also a sympathetic and human book, in an enriching rather than a sappy way.
His name was used as a term of derision to indicate poorly made merchandise or sappy ideas.
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