Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SAUCIEST
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
Etymology
Adjective
sauciest
superlative form of saucy: most saucy
Anagrams
• Escutias, suitcase
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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