saucier

[saws-yey; French soh-sye]

noun, plural sau·ciers [saws-yeyz; French soh-sye] /sɔsˈyeɪz; French soʊˈsyɛ/. French Cookery.

a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.

Origin of saucier

From French, dating back to 1960–65; see origin at sauce, -ier²

saucy

[saw-see]

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

Related formssau·ci·ly, adverbsau·ci·ness, nouno·ver·sau·cy, adjective

Synonyms for saucy

1. rude, impudent, fresh, brazen. 2. jaunty.

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Related Words for saucier

rude, brash, cheeky, flippant, arch, audacious, bold, brazen, combative, flip, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, intrusive, meddlesome, nervy, obtrusive, pert

Examples from the Web for saucier

Contemporary Examples of saucier

“His sense of integrity is probably the most important quality to me as a president,” said Saucier, now a volunteer for Huntsman.
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Patricia Murphy
January 9, 2012
His most recent book, The Saucier's Apprentice , will be published in paperback in May.
A Three-Star Food Fight
Bob Spitz
March 12, 2009

Historical Examples of saucier

Our young lady returned to us saucier and more passionate, and haughtier than ever.
Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte
Madame Saucier uttered a shriek as a great swell rolled the boat.
Old Kaskaskia
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
"I would gladly put her out," said Captain Saucier anxiously.
Old Kaskaskia
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Captain Saucier thought he could, and he saw it would have to be done quickly.
Old Kaskaskia
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
A puff of gray wind come down; a saucier gust went by; and then a swirl of galish wind jumped over the pans.
Harbor Tales Down North
Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for saucier

saucy

adjective saucier or sauciest

impertinent

pert; jauntya saucy hat

Derived Formssaucily, adverbsauciness, noun

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Word Origin and History for saucier

saucy

adj.

c.1500, "resembling sauce," later "impertinent, flippantly bold, cheeky" (1520s), from sauce (n.) + -y (2). The connecting notion is the figurative sense of "piquancy in words or actions." Cf. sauce malapert "impertinence" (1520s), and slang phrase to have eaten sauce "be abusive" (1520s). Also cf. salty in same senses.