Sappier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Compar. {Sappier}; superl. {Sappiest}.]
     [From 1st {Sap}.]
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     1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
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     2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
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              When he had passed this weak and sappy age.
                                                    --Hayward.
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     3. Weak in intellect. [Low]
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     4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely
        of, sapwood.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sappy
       adj 1: pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie
              reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly
              idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn:
              {cockamamie}, {cockamamy}, {goofy}, {silly}, {wacky},
              {whacky}, {zany}, {unreasonable}]
       2: abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"
       [also: {sappiest}, {sappier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sappier
       See {sappy}