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sappy

Pronunciation: /ˈsæpi/

The English word “sappy” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
  2. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
  3. Juicy.
  4. Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
  5. Musty; tainted; rancid.

Etymology

From Middle English sappy, sapy, from Old English sæpiġ (“full of sap, succulent”), equivalent to sap + -y. Cognate with West Frisian sappig (“juicy”), Dutch sappig (“juicy, succulent”), Middle High German saffic, seffec ("juicy, succulent"; > German saftig), Danish saftig (“juicy”), Swedish saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of zaftig.

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