sassy1
[sas-ee]
- impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- pert; boldly smart; saucy: a sassy red handbag.
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Origin of sassy1
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assumption, assurance, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, chutzpah, crust, defiance, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, gutssassy1
- US informal insolent, impertinent
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Word Origin
C19: variant of saucy
sassy2
sasswood (ˈsæsˌwʊd) or sassy wood
- a W African leguminous tree, Erythrophleum guineense, with poisonous bark (sassy bark) and hard strong wood
- the bark or wood of this tree or the alkaloid derived from them, which is sometimes used in medicine
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Word Origin
C19: probably from a language of the Kwa family: compare Twi sese plane tree, Ewe sesewu a kind of timber tree
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Word Origin and History for sassiness
sassy
adj.
1833, American English, alteration of saucy. Related: Sassily; sassiness.
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