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From sop + -y. In sense 2, unrelated etymologically to sappy (“excessively emotional”).
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Today it means: Very wet; sodden, soaked. Full definition →
From sop + -y. In sense 2, unrelated etymologically to sappy (“excessively emotional”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.