saucy
pronunciation
How to pronounce saucy in British English:
UK [ˈsɔ:si]
How to pronounce saucy in American English:
US [ˈsɔsi]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- improperly forward or bold
Word Origin
- saucy (adj.)
- c. 1500, "resembling sauce," later "impertinent, flippantly bold, cheeky" (1520s), from sauce (n.) + -y (2). The connecting notion is the figurative sense of "piquancy in words or actions." Compare sauce malapert "impertinence" (1520s), and slang phrase to have eaten sauce "be abusive" (1520s). Also compare salty in same senses.
Synonym
Example
- 1. " Metallic venus " , a saucy gal , marks a more dramatic departure from mr koons 's earlier style .
- 2. I don 't know if this is related to the current " saucy rooms " issue , but it may be .
- 3. The englishman 's typical beach look may no longer involve simply rolling up his trousers and wearing a knotted handkerchief on his head , as stereotype and saucy seaside postcards would have it .
- 4. 17 July 2009 : saucy parrots , playful wallabies and a rare welsh clearwing moth feature in this week 's roundup of natural wonders