Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryExcessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy) · Having (a particularly large amount of) sap. · Juicy. · Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
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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- Inherited-form mentionsappyenm
- Inherited-form mentionsæpiġang · full of sap, succulent
- Word-formation componentsapen
- Word-formation component-yen
- Cognate mentionsappigfy · juicy
- Cognate mentionsappignl · juicy, succulent
- Cognate mentionsafficgmh
- Cognate mentionsaftigde
- Cognate mentionsaftigda · juicy
- Cognate mentionsaftigsv · juicy
- Doublet mentionzaftigen
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