saucy
Use Saucy in a sentence
si adjective, sau·ci·er, sau·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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| —adj , saucier, sauciest | |
| 1. | impertinent |
| 2. | pert; jaunty: a saucy hat |
| 'saucily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sauciness | |
| —n | |
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Saucy
is always a great word to know.
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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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Example sentences
Let the creed and commandments even have the saucy homage of parody.
The gown had a thousand flounces and a saucy bodice of crocheted lace.
Upon hearing his solicitation, the saucy blockheads told him plainly they would not.
They have custom canes and smoke ivory pipes and say saucy things that only they can get away with.
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