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SAUCINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sauciness mean?
• SAUCINESS (noun)
The noun SAUCINESS has 1 sense:
1. inappropriate playfulness
Familiarity information: SAUCINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inappropriate playfulness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
archness; impertinence; perkiness; pertness; sauciness
Hypernyms ("sauciness" is a kind of...):
fun; playfulness (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement)
Derivation:
saucy (improperly forward or bold)
Context examples
Emma felt they were friends again; and the conviction giving her at first great satisfaction, and then a little sauciness, she could not help saying, as he was admiring the baby, What a comfort it is, that we think alike about our nephews and nieces.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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