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sappiness|ˈsæpɪnɪs|
[f. sappy a. + -ness.]
1. The condition of being full of sap.
1552Huloet, Sapines or naturall humour or moysture, vligo. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. iii. 33 For want of moysture and sappinesse. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. iii. 6 They prosper and thriue in burgening, sappines, flowers, fruit. 1727Bailey vol. II, Sappiness, the having Sap. 1731Ibid. (ed. 5), Sappiness, the being sappy. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 282 According to the size or sappiness of the tree. 1891T. Hardy Tess xxvii, That green trough of sappiness and humidity, the valley of the River Var.
2. colloq. The quality of being sappy or foolish.
a1909In recent Dicts. 1943New Yorker 20 Feb. 22/1 She was..convinced..that a floppy feminine hat was a symbol of celluloid sappiness. |