sappy

Meaning

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

Synonyms

silly

plump

juicy

goofy

foolish

chubby

cockamamie

wacky

succulent

whacky

zany

cockamamy

inane

fatuous

feeble

feebleminded

flimsy

fond

fool

frail

frivolous

giddy

half-baked

half-witted

headless

homesick

impossible

impotent

incipient

inept

insensate

languishing

languorous

luscious

lush

mawkish

nitwitted

nonsensical

puny

rattlebrained

reminiscent

ripe

sapid

senseless

sentimental

sleazy

slender

slimsy

slow-witted

softy

squashy

stupid

sweet

thin

twiggy

underdog

underfed

unwise

wan

washy

weak

witless

gooselike

sapful

slap-happy

soft-witted

strengthless

sinewless

anserine

chymous

apish

balmy

barmy

blithering

daffy

daft

dense

dim-witted

dizzy

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dopey

dopy

dull

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsæpi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sappy

Inherited from Old English: sæpiġ

Cognate with Western Frisian: sappig

Cognate with Dutch: sappig

Cognate with Middle High German: saffic

Cognate with German: saftig

Cognate with Danish: saftig

Cognate with Swedish: saftig

In summary

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.