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Saucy
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow. Am I not protector, saucy priest Shak.
2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks. We then have done you bold and sausy wrongs. Shak.
Synonyms: Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.