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sappy

sappy

1 7.5
A plant, tree, or wood that contains a lot of sticky sap
  • adjective
  • /ˈsæpi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : resinoso
  • The botanist noted that the sappy branches were essential for the tree's health and growth.

Examples

  • The carpenter selected sappy wood for the project because it was easier to work with.

  • Good morning Coffee's hot, saggy, sappy, scooping, mixing.

  • At the appointed hour when courtiers of Louis XIV were finally to call at the shop to test its wares, Pan returned prematurely from a stroll in the park, his malodor at high mast due to exercise and the sappy influences of spring.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • She enjoyed the sappy aroma of the freshly cut pine logs in the workshop.

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

barren
57 4.6

Land where plants and animals cannot grow

How Sappy

succulent
19 4.2
juicy
79 1.0
sappy
  • Specialized
1 7.5
moist
105 1.0
damp
11 1.0
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

sappy positive
sappier comparative
sappiest superlative

Morphology

sappy = sap (transparent) = sap + y

Clearly formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-y' to the noun 'sap' to indicate containing sap; the meaning is literal and straightforward.

Etymology

The word sappy comes from sap, the sticky 'juice' inside trees and plants. So sappy means 'full of sap', which is why we call freshly cut wood that is wet and hard to burn sappy.