Meanings
nounsauciness (countable and uncountable, plural saucinesses)
plural saucinesses
- countableuncountableThe property of being saucy.
And when the British respond to a risqué joke with ‘ooh la la’ there’s a sauciness implied that just isn’t there in the original French words, risqué meaning ‘risked’ (a verb, not an adjective) and oh là là a great many things from ‘wow’ to ‘oh dear’, none of them very sexy.
2016 October 13, Matthew Anderson, “The foreign words that seem like English – but aren’t”, in BBC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2020
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
German Keckheit, Kessheit
- Keckheitthe property of being saucy
- Kessheitthe property of being saucy
Irish brusaireacht
- brusaireachtthe property of being saucy
Latin protervitās
- protervitāsthe property of being saucy
Polish soczystość, zuchwałość
- soczystośćthe property of being saucy
- zuchwałośćan instance of saucy behavior
- zalotnośćan instance of saucy behavior
- pikantnośćan instance of saucy behavior
Cite this entry
APA
sauciness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauciness
MLA
“sauciness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauciness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sauciness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauciness.
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