SAUCY

saucy. Saucy, a. pert, impudent, insolent, rude, bold

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Sau″cy (?), a. [Compar. Saucier (?); superl. Sauciest.] [[From Sauce.]] 1. 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. 2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. Shak. Syn. — Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.