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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAPPY

a. 1. Abounding with sap; juicy; succulent.
2. Young; not firm; weak.
When he had passed this weak and sappy age -
3. Weak in intellect.

 

SAPPY

a.[Gr. to putrefy. ] Musty; tainted. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAPPY

Sap "py, a. [Compar. Sappier; superl. Sappiest.] Etym: [From 1st Sap. ]

 

1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juisy; succulent.

 

2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. When he had passed this weak and sapy age. Hayward.

 

3. Weak in intellect. [Low ]

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting lagerly of, sapwood.

 

SAPPY

Sap "py, a. [Written also sapy.] Etym: [Cf. L. sapere to taste. ]

 

Defn: Musty; tainted. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sappy

sap py |ˈsapē ˈsæpi | adjective ( sappier, sappiest ) 1 informal excessively sentimental; mawkish. 2 (of a plant ) containing a lot of sap. DERIVATIVES sap pi ly |-əlē |adverb, sap pi ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

sappy

sappy |ˈsapi | adjective ( sappier, sappiest ) 1 informal, chiefly N. Amer. mawkishly over-sentimental. 2 (of a plant ) containing a lot of sap. DERIVATIVES sappily adverb, sappiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sappy

sappy adjective See saccharine.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sappy

sap py /sǽpi /形容詞 1 ⦅米 けなして ⦆〈人 音楽などが 〉感傷的な (⦅英 ⦆soppy ).2 樹液の多い .3 元気のいい, 活気に富む .4 ⦅米 くだけて ⦆間抜けな, どじな .