SAPPY
What does "SAPPY" mean?
Excessively sentimental or mawkishly emotional, in a way that feels overdone.
Meanings
- Overly sentimental, mushy, or cloyingly emotional. He wrote her a sappy poem that made everyone groan and smile at once. informal
- Full of or yielding sap; juicy with the fluid of a plant. The fresh-cut pine was still sappy and stuck to our gloves.
Word origin
From 'sap', the fluid of plants (Old English 'sæp'), plus '-y'; the sentimental sense grew from older slang where 'sappy' meant soft, foolish, or immature.
Remember it
SAPPY = SAP + PY; sticky tree-sap and sticky-sweet feelings both cling to you.
A little poem
The card was sappy, every line a sigh-
and yet she kept it, knowing perfectly why
the cheapest words can be the hardest to deny.
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Wordplay
- My love letters get called sappy, which is fair - I'm basically a maple, all that sweetness leaking out.
What it teaches
Sentiment we mock in public we often keep in a drawer; sappy and sincere are closer than pride admits.
Quick facts
What does SAPPY mean?
Excessively sentimental or mawkishly emotional, in a way that feels overdone.
Is SAPPY a valid word?
Yes — SAPPY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SAPPY?
SAPPY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does SAPPY come from?
From 'sap', the fluid of plants (Old English 'sæp'), plus '-y'; the sentimental sense grew from older slang where 'sappy' meant soft, foolish, or immature.
What can SAPPY teach us?
Sentiment we mock in public we often keep in a drawer; sappy and sincere are closer than pride admits.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.