saucy

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  1. adjective Impertinent or disrespectful.
  2. adjective Impertinent in an entertaining way; impossible to repress or control.
  3. adjective Piquant; pert: a saucy red bow tie.

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  • Now for your saucy, good dear letter: let me see, what does it say? —  The Journal to Stella
  • I hope not to have been too saucy, therefore, in pointing out this pitfall to my readers in regard to these sentences which I thought it worth while to quote from Duerer, merely because if I did not do so I foresaw that they would be quoted against me CHAPTER VI. —  Albert Durer
  • Men grow more scarce and saucy, and every lady is forced to content herself with one at a time. —  Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e
  • It was quite tame and saucy, and belonged to some man EN ROUTE for Capetown LETTER V - CALEDON Caledon, Dec. —  Letters from the Cape
  • The Hollywood premiere of 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' has got the best of both worlds -- saucy style and sizzlin 'stars! —  ETonline - Breaking News
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impudent ·  naughty ·  mischievous ·  pert ·  haughty ·  sly ·  merry ·  audacious ·  defiant ·  coquettish ·  mutinous ·  impish
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Also dial. sassy; early modern English saucie, sawcy, sawcie; from sauce + -y.
  2. from saucy, adjective
 

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