sassyadj.¹adv.

Brit.

/ˈsasi/, U.S.

/ˈsæsi/

Forms: 1700s– sassy; English regional (Dorset) 1800s saassy.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: saucy adj.¹

Etymology: Variant of saucy adj.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier saucy adv.

Originally U.S. colloquial.

A. adj.¹

1. Impudent, presumptuous; insolent or disrespectful, esp. towards someone in authority.Not always clearly separable from sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]

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1799 P. Spindleshanks Battle Two Taylors 7 You sassy toad! you mean dat's me! So great a lie I nebber see.

1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxiii. 128 If I should give out now.., them are sassy chaps in Portland would laugh at me.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas vii. 77 Have you ever had to look after a sassy, swollen-headed, wisecracking child star?

1977 Time 7 Feb. 57/1 He has..a stand-up lush of an ex-wife..whose sassy words rain mockery on all.

2018 Business Insider (Nexis) 17 Dec. The president was somewhat sassy with the officer as he stopped his carriage.

2. In a neutral or positive sense: self-assured, bold, or spirited; cheeky; vigorous, lively. Frequently with reference to speech: confidently sharp, witty, or provocative.

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1859 Boston Daily Advertiser 30 Apr. She jerked her head back and took a larfin survey of the audience, sendin a broadside of sassy smiles in among em.

1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings ii. 24 Brer Rabbit pacin' down de road..dez ez sassy ez a jaybird.

1961 New Statesman 11 Aug. 193/2 The film..is big and sassy, full of generous visual effects.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. i. 10/4 She plays a leading character, Persona Non Grata, a hip, wise, slightly sassy new friend of Alic.

2000 Marie Claire July 65/1 She sings like a true diva and fills any stage she graces with her own brand of sassy, sexy pop and street-cool dance routines.

2020 TellyChakkar.com (Nexis) 18 Apr. Sidharth is known for his sarcastic comebacks and sassy one-liners.

3. Esp. of clothes: bold and smart in style; stylish, chic.

ΚΠ

1861 Wisconsin State Reg. 1 June A hansum yung gal, with..a sassy little black hat tipt over her forrerd, sot in the seat with me.

1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 I'm goin' to be the sassiest club boy in the whole push.

1980 Ebony Jan. 74 (caption) The sassy hairstyle adds a fillip of glamour for an evening of dinner, dancing and Caribbean romance.

2001 N.Y. Mag. 22 Jan. 54 This stylish, body-hugging number is made of a cashmere, angora, and wool blend,..and it comes with a sassy little neckscarf.

B. adv.

In a sassy manner; impudently, cheekily; boldly, confidently. Cf. sassily adv. at Derivatives.

ΚΠ

1836 Every Body's Album (Philadelphia) Aug. 100/1 A pretty thing, now a'n't it, Bill, for a man wot's laying in a common gutter, wedged in as tight as a barrel-bung, to talk sassy to a city officer.

1870 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 38 And then I talked sassy to him for a page or two.

1906 C. A. Huling Lett. of Business Woman to her Niece viii. 91 Mammy always told me ‘Throw up yo' head and walk sassy, Honey.’

1996 T. J. Morgan-Cole Who loves Alex Best? i. 7 If you don't stop talking sassy to me, it'll be something that'll turn you into a frog.

Derivatives

ˈsassily adv. in a sassy manner; impudently, cheekily; boldly, confidently.

ΚΠ

1883 Overland Monthly Aug. 115/1 She ketches up a five-pound rock, flung it right in among them, grabs up another and scatters the crowd, an' marches sassily out of sight.

1976 C. Weston Rouse Demon (1977) xii. 56 ‘Go ahead, ask me something,’ he urged sassily.

2016 Dorset Echo (Nexis) 8 Apr. Olly sassily moved across the stage, dancing down the walkway and falling to his knees.

ˈsassiness n. the quality of being sassy; impudence, cheekiness; confidence, boldness; cf. sass n. 2.

ΚΠ

1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson i. 10 The officer gittin mad at his sassiness, drew his sword and made a cut at his hed.

1976 ‘Trevanian’ Main vi. 128 Now that his first panic is over, something of his haughty sassiness returns.

2003 Word May 118/2 The old sassiness had worn thin and Rosanne was no longer jousting with men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

sassyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈsasi/, U.S.

/ˈsæsi/, West African English

/ˈsasi/

Forms:

α. 1800s saucy.

β. 1800s– sassy.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps a borrowing from a language of Liberia. Etymon: saucy adj.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant of saucy adj.¹ (with the β. forms compare sassy adj.¹), although if so the semantic motivation is unclear; or perhaps < a language of Liberia (compare Temne ε-sasa , Mende sasa kind of poison, Temne ka-sas , denoting the sasswood tree, and also Krio sasa medicine used in oath taking). With sassy bark n. at sense 2 compare Krio sasebak.

(in attributive use).

1. sassy wood n. the bark of a sasswood tree, or a decoction of this, used as an ordeal poison (now historical); (occasionally also) a sasswood tree, or the wood of the such a tree.Frequently as a modifier.

ΚΠ

1835 W. G. Crocker Let. 15 Aug. in Amer. Baptist Mag. Nov. 451/1 Dey tink him be witch, dey give him saucy wood.

1845 H. Bridge Jrnl. Afr. Cruiser iii. 18 Should the wife be suspected of infidelity, the husband may charge her with it, and demand that she drink the poisonous decoction of sassy-wood.

1857 Med. World 1 300/2 The bark of the sassy-wood is a powerful narcotic.

1923 W. Nepe Trad. Kroo People 23 If they did not confess then the people sent for Judu (sassy wood).

1993 N. A. Hardesty & A. Israel in R. S. Keller Spirituality & Social Responsibility iii. 69 She was forced to drink ‘a liquid decoction’ made from the sassy-wood tree.

2013 A. Sundaram Stringer (2015) i. 15 The grain on the sassy wood—ash black, insect resistant—had expanded in the cycles of rain and heat.

2. sassy bark n. the bark of a sasswood tree; a decoction of this bark.

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1851 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 23 303 The sassy bark is produced by a large tree with spreading branches.

1883 Jrnl. Chem. Ind. 29 Mar. 137/2 On Erythrophleïne, the Principle of the Sassy Bark.

1949 Amer. Jrnl. Pharm. 15 97 In a number of the published communications and private journals of the missionaries.., the use of this saucy bark or Gidu is denounced as a great moral evil, and many instances of its fatal effects narrated.

2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/1 The bark traded as ‘sassy-bark’, ‘mancona bark’, ‘casca bark’ or ‘écorce de tali’ has several medicinal uses.

†3. sassy tree n. Obsolete a sasswood tree.Cf. ordeal tree n. at ordeal n. Compounds 2.

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1851 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 23 302 About nine months ago a box was received from Liberia containing the leaves, fruit, twigs, wood and bark of the sassy tree.

1856 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 16 233 The Sassy tree.

1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. at Erythrophlœum The Sassy-tree has a powerfully poisonous bark.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	sassy
释义	sassyadj.¹adv. Brit. /ˈsasi/, U.S. /ˈsæsi/ Forms: 1700s– sassy; English regional (Dorset) 1800s saassy. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: saucy adj.¹ Etymology: Variant of saucy adj.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier saucy adv. Originally U.S. colloquial. A. adj.¹ 1. Impudent, presumptuous; insolent or disrespectful, esp. towards someone in authority.Not always clearly separable from sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] thristec897 bolda1000 keen1297 apert1330 smartc1400 malaperta1425 overbolda1425 affronted1485 saucy1511 impertinata1525 over-familiar1529 pert1535 cocket1537 cockapert1556 contumelious1561 impudent1563 brass-bold1582 pertlike1582 paughtya1586 audacious1586 copped1597 effronted1598 petulant1598 dortya1605 rufty-tufty1606 facy1607 snappish1608 bold-faceda1616 over-pert1621 impertinent1631 procacious1660 insolent1678 calleting1691 effrontuousa1734 imperent1771 free1775 sassy1799 pawky1809 iron-sideda1825 gilpie1835 cheeky1838 fresh1843 snouty1858 nebby1873 gay1889 nebsy1894 nervy1896 brass neck1925 facety1928 facey1929 brass-necked1935 chutzpadik1959 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] > impudent in speech or of speech bardish1641 brisk1665 flippant1677 sassy1799 slang1818 lippy1875 smart-mouthed1967 1799 P. Spindleshanks Battle Two Taylors 7 You sassy toad! you mean dat's me! So great a lie I nebber see. 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing xxxiii. 128 If I should give out now.., them are sassy chaps in Portland would laugh at me. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas vii. 77 Have you ever had to look after a sassy, swollen-headed, wisecracking child star? 1977 Time 7 Feb. 57/1 He has..a stand-up lush of an ex-wife..whose sassy words rain mockery on all. 2018 Business Insider (Nexis) 17 Dec. The president was somewhat sassy with the officer as he stopped his carriage. 2. In a neutral or positive sense: self-assured, bold, or spirited; cheeky; vigorous, lively. Frequently with reference to speech: confidently sharp, witty, or provocative. ΚΠ 1859 Boston Daily Advertiser 30 Apr. She jerked her head back and took a larfin survey of the audience, sendin a broadside of sassy smiles in among em. 1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings ii. 24 Brer Rabbit pacin' down de road..dez ez sassy ez a jaybird. 1961 New Statesman 11 Aug. 193/2 The film..is big and sassy, full of generous visual effects. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. i. 10/4 She plays a leading character, Persona Non Grata, a hip, wise, slightly sassy new friend of Alic. 2000 Marie Claire July 65/1 She sings like a true diva and fills any stage she graces with her own brand of sassy, sexy pop and street-cool dance routines. 2020 TellyChakkar.com (Nexis) 18 Apr. Sidharth is known for his sarcastic comebacks and sassy one-liners. 3. Esp. of clothes: bold and smart in style; stylish, chic. ΚΠ 1861 Wisconsin State Reg. 1 June A hansum yung gal, with..a sassy little black hat tipt over her forrerd, sot in the seat with me. 1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 I'm goin' to be the sassiest club boy in the whole push. 1980 Ebony Jan. 74 (caption) The sassy hairstyle adds a fillip of glamour for an evening of dinner, dancing and Caribbean romance. 2001 N.Y. Mag. 22 Jan. 54 This stylish, body-hugging number is made of a cashmere, angora, and wool blend,..and it comes with a sassy little neckscarf. B. adv. In a sassy manner; impudently, cheekily; boldly, confidently. Cf. sassily adv. at Derivatives. ΚΠ 1836 Every Body's Album (Philadelphia) Aug. 100/1 A pretty thing, now a'n't it, Bill, for a man wot's laying in a common gutter, wedged in as tight as a barrel-bung, to talk sassy to a city officer. 1870 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers (1967) 38 And then I talked sassy to him for a page or two. 1906 C. A. Huling Lett. of Business Woman to her Niece viii. 91 Mammy always told me ‘Throw up yo' head and walk sassy, Honey.’ 1996 T. J. Morgan-Cole Who loves Alex Best? i. 7 If you don't stop talking sassy to me, it'll be something that'll turn you into a frog. Derivatives ˈsassily adv. in a sassy manner; impudently, cheekily; boldly, confidently. ΚΠ 1883 Overland Monthly Aug. 115/1 She ketches up a five-pound rock, flung it right in among them, grabs up another and scatters the crowd, an' marches sassily out of sight. 1976 C. Weston Rouse Demon (1977) xii. 56 ‘Go ahead, ask me something,’ he urged sassily. 2016 Dorset Echo (Nexis) 8 Apr. Olly sassily moved across the stage, dancing down the walkway and falling to his knees. ˈsassiness n. the quality of being sassy; impudence, cheekiness; confidence, boldness; cf. sass n. 2. ΚΠ 1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson i. 10 The officer gittin mad at his sassiness, drew his sword and made a cut at his hed. 1976 ‘Trevanian’ Main vi. 128 Now that his first panic is over, something of his haughty sassiness returns. 2003 Word May 118/2 The old sassiness had worn thin and Rosanne was no longer jousting with men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). sassyadj.² Brit. /ˈsasi/, U.S. /ˈsæsi/, West African English /ˈsasi/ Forms: α. 1800s saucy. β. 1800s– sassy. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps a borrowing from a language of Liberia. Etymon: saucy adj.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < a variant of saucy adj.¹ (with the β. forms compare sassy adj.¹), although if so the semantic motivation is unclear; or perhaps < a language of Liberia (compare Temne ε-sasa , Mende sasa kind of poison, Temne ka-sas , denoting the sasswood tree, and also Krio sasa medicine used in oath taking). With sassy bark n. at sense 2 compare Krio sasebak. (in attributive use). 1. sassy wood n. the bark of a sasswood tree, or a decoction of this, used as an ordeal poison (now historical); (occasionally also) a sasswood tree, or the wood of the such a tree.Frequently as a modifier. ΚΠ 1835 W. G. Crocker Let. 15 Aug. in Amer. Baptist Mag. Nov. 451/1 Dey tink him be witch, dey give him saucy wood. 1845 H. Bridge Jrnl. Afr. Cruiser iii. 18 Should the wife be suspected of infidelity, the husband may charge her with it, and demand that she drink the poisonous decoction of sassy-wood. 1857 Med. World 1 300/2 The bark of the sassy-wood is a powerful narcotic. 1923 W. Nepe Trad. Kroo People 23 If they did not confess then the people sent for Judu (sassy wood). 1993 N. A. Hardesty & A. Israel in R. S. Keller Spirituality & Social Responsibility iii. 69 She was forced to drink ‘a liquid decoction’ made from the sassy-wood tree. 2013 A. Sundaram Stringer (2015) i. 15 The grain on the sassy wood—ash black, insect resistant—had expanded in the cycles of rain and heat. 2. sassy bark n. the bark of a sasswood tree; a decoction of this bark. ΚΠ 1851 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 23 303 The sassy bark is produced by a large tree with spreading branches. 1883 Jrnl. Chem. Ind. 29 Mar. 137/2 On Erythrophleïne, the Principle of the Sassy Bark. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Pharm. 15 97 In a number of the published communications and private journals of the missionaries.., the use of this saucy bark or Gidu is denounced as a great moral evil, and many instances of its fatal effects narrated. 2012 R. H. M. G. Lemmens et al. Plant Resources Trop. Afr. VII. ii. 337/1 The bark traded as ‘sassy-bark’, ‘mancona bark’, ‘casca bark’ or ‘écorce de tali’ has several medicinal uses. †3. sassy tree n. Obsolete a sasswood tree.Cf. ordeal tree n. at ordeal n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1851 Amer. Jrnl. Pharmacy 23 302 About nine months ago a box was received from Liberia containing the leaves, fruit, twigs, wood and bark of the sassy tree. 1856 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. & Trans. 16 233 The Sassy tree. 1874 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Suppl. at Erythrophlœum The Sassy-tree has a powerfully poisonous bark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.¹adv.1799adj.²1835
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