sappy

sappy
sappy "full of sap," Late O.E. sæpig, from sæp (see SAP (Cf. sap) (n.1)). Figurative sense of "foolishly sentimental" (1660s) may have developed from an intermediate sense of "wet, sodden" (late 15c.). Earlier, now obs., figurative senses were "full of vitality" (1550s) and "immature" (1620s).

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