Dictionary

sauciness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English saucy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sauciness From saucy + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The property of being saucy.
   • And when the British respond to a risqué joke with ‘ooh la la’ there’s a sauciness implied that just isn’t there in the original French words, risqué meaning ‘risked’ (a verb, not an adjective) and oh là là a great many things from ‘wow’ to ‘oh dear’, none of them very sexy. 2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020:
2. (countable, uncountable) An instance of saucy behavior.

Forms

Translations (8)

pl zalotność (an instance of saucy behavior) · ga brusaireacht (the property of being saucy) · de Kessheit (the property of being saucy) · de Keckheit (the property of being saucy) · pl zuchwałość (an instance of saucy behavior) · la protervitās (the property of being saucy) · pl soczystość (the property of being saucy) · ka თავხედობა (the property of being saucy)