What does "sappy" mean?
Sappy: Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. When he had passed this weak and sapy age. Hayward.
Additional senses
- 2.Weak in intellect. [Low]
- 3.(Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting lagerly of, sapwood.
- 4.Musty; tainted. [Obs.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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