sappy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite ludicrous, foolish
    cockamamie; wacky; goofy; whacky; silly; zany; cockamamy.
    • gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
    • wore a goofy hat
    • a silly idea
    • some wacky plan for selling more books
  2. adjective satellite abounding in sap
    • sappy maple trees
    • sappy kindling wood

WordNet

Sap"py adjective
Etymology
From 1st Sap.
Wordforms
comparative Sappier ; superlative Sappiest
Definitions
  1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juisy; succulent.
  2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
    When he had passed this weak and sapy age. Hayward.
  3. Weak in intellect. Low
  4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting lagerly of, sapwood.
Sap"py adjective
Etymology
Cf. L. sapere to taste.
Definitions
  1. Musty; tainted. Obs.

Webster 1913