Sau"cy (?), a. [Compar. Saucier (?); superl. Sauciest.] [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.
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