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Sappy

adjective

(compar. sappier; superl. sappiest)

Ludicrous, foolish. Synonyms: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany. "Wore a goofy hat" , "A silly idea" , "Some wacky plan for selling more books"

Abounding in sap. "Sappy kindling wood"

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"Sappy" Quotes from Famous Books

... blossoms and fair weather! The meadow is a little sticky right at first, But a few short days 'll wipe away that trouble. To feel so good and gay, I wouldn't mind the worst That could be done by any field o' stubble. O, all the trees are seemin' sappy! O, all the folks are smilin' happy! And there's joy in every little bit of room; But the happiest of them all At the Shanghai rooster's call Are we barefoots when ...

— Songs, Merry and Sad • John Charles McNeill

... maid, "Messenger from Mr. Westlake, and would Miss Vee care to take a short motor spin. Waiting below." Then more confab with Aunty, and five minutes later out comes Vee. Finale: Me and Vee climbin' to the top of one of them Riverside Drive busses, while Aunty dreams that she's out with Sappy Westlake, the chosen one. ...

— On With Torchy • Sewell Ford

... heavy oils of a tarry consistency remained, they were only to be found in the sappy portions of the long-leaf pine and in the loblolly (Specimens II and IV). Exposure in a semi-tropical climate for 26 years had resulted in the removal of the more volatile portions of the creosote oil. The penetration of the oil into the sap wood seemed to be perfect, while in the loblolly ...

— Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 - Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168 • W. B. Gregory

... should have imagined he meant to spill all my blood, who can't endure the sight of one little drop of his own? Surely, Amasa Delano, you have been beside yourself this day. Tell it not when you get home, sappy Amasa. Well, well, he looks like a murderer, doesn't he? More like as if himself were to be done for. Well, well, this day's experience shall ...

— The Piazza Tales • Herman Melville

... "Sappy," he was and had to be until he won a better name. The peace pipe was smoked all round and he was proclaimed third War Chief of the Sanger Indians (the word War ...

— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton

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