sauciness

2 definitions found

sauciness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sauciness \Sau"ci*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy;
     impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Your sauciness will jest upon my love.   --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Impudence; impertinence; rudeness; insolence. See
          Impudence.
          [1913 Webster] Saucisson

sauciness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sauciness
      n 1: inappropriate playfulness [syn: impertinence,
           perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness]