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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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Saucy
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- If you're tired of the same old steamed vegetables, it's time to get saucy.
- Her column was succinct, sometimes saucy and occasionally witty.
- No, it's not that one is wearing a saucy little beret while the other is tucked into tiny pair of lederhosen.
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Word Origin & History
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.
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