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saucy

[ saw-see ]

/ ˈsɔ si /

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adjective, sau·ci·er, sau·ci·est.

impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.

pert; boldly smart: a saucy little hat for Easter.

Origin of saucy

First recorded in 1500–10; sauce + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR saucy

1 rude, impudent, fresh, brazen.

2 jaunty.

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OTHER WORDS FROM saucy

sau·ci·ly, adverb sau·ci·ness, noun o·ver·sau·cy, adjective

Words nearby saucy

saucer, saucer dome, saucerization, sauch, saucier, saucy, saud, saudade, saudi, saudi arabia, sauerbraten

Example sentences from the Web for sauciness

She even plucked bon mots out of the air, charming the men in dark suits with her sauciness.

Brooke Astor's $60 Million Signature |Ralph Gardner, Jr. |June 18, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
We first hear of her acting in 1706; she took parts in which sauciness and coquetry were the chief features.

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 |George A. Aitken
Come, then, and shake hands; we'll fine him for's sauciness, and his ransom shall be half a dozen at mine host Welcome's.

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15) |Robert Dodsley
In the ultra-politeness, in the spice of sauciness gleaming out from her flashing eyes, the clergyman read incipient defiance.

The Shadow of Ashlydyat |Mrs. Henry Wood

All her wilfulness and sauciness flashed in her eyes as she lifted her glance at last to his and answered.

A Book o' Nine Tales. |Arlo Bates
The p. 163midnight ride was entertaining in the extreme, for the girl was full of young life and sauciness and merry humour.

Mugby Junction |Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for sauciness

saucy

/ (ˈsɔːsɪ) /

adjective saucier or sauciest

impertinent

pert; jaunty a saucy hat

Derived forms of saucy

saucily, adverb sauciness, noun