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SAUCIER
SAUCY
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
(adjective) improperly forward or bold; “don’t be fresh with me”; “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”; “an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”; “Don’t get wise with me!”
impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy
(adjective) characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; “a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Saucier (plural Sauciers)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saucier is the 5367th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6489 individuals. Saucier is most common among White (89.09%) individuals.
Anagrams
• scaurie, uricase
Etymology 1
Adjective
saucier
comparative form of saucy
Etymology 2
Noun
saucier (plural sauciers)
In a large professional kitchen, a cook responsible for preparing sauces and for sauteing foods on demand.
Ellipsis of saucier pan. (a chef's pan)
Synonyms
• sauce chef
Coordinate terms
(sauce chef)
• chef
• cook
• executive chef
• line chef / line cook
• master chef
• pastry chef
• prep chef / prep cook
• scullery maid
• short-order cook
• sous-chef
• sushi chef
• washer
Etymology 3
Noun
saucier (plural sauciers)
sauce pan (a pan used to cook up a sauce)
sauce boat (a pitcher, dish, or, bowl, used to serve sauce)
Anagrams
• scaurie, uricase
Source: Wiktionary
SAUCY
Sau"cy, a. [Compar. Saucier; superl. Sauciest.] Etym: [From Sauce.]
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.
Syn.
– Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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