sappinessn.
/ˈsapɪnɪs/ 1. The condition of being full of sap.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap > state of having
fatnessc1384
sappiness1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sapines or naturall humour or moysture, vligo.
1594 H. Plat Jewell House 33 For want of moysture and sappinesse.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. iii. 6 They prosper and thriue in burgening, sappines, flowers, fruit.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sappiness, the having Sap.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Sappiness, the being sappy.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 234 According to the size or sappiness of the tree.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxvii. 77 That green trough of sappiness and humidity, the valley of the River Var.
2. colloquial. The quality of being sappy or foolish.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
a1909 In recent Dicts.
1943 New Yorker 20 Feb. 22/1 She was..convinced..that a floppy feminine hat was a symbol of celluloid sappiness.
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