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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. ludicrous, foolish;
- Example: "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"
- Example: "wore a goofy hat"
- Example: "a silly idea"
- Example: "some wacky plan for selling more books"
[syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany]

2. abounding in sap;
- Example: "sappy maple trees"
- Example: "sappy kindling wood"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Compar. Sappier; superl. Sappiest.]
   [From 1st Sap.]
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   1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
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   2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
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            When he had passed this weak and sappy age.
                                                  --Hayward.
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   3. Weak in intellect. [Low]
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   4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely
      of, sapwood.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Written also sapy.] [Cf. L. sapere to
   taste.]
   Musty; tainted. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sappy
    adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
           going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
           plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
           cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
           whacky, zany]
    2: abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"