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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: saucy

sassy

 adjective
     
sas‧sy American English
1 a child who is sassy is rude to someone they should respect [= cheeky British English]
2 someone, especially a woman, who is sassy is confident and does not really care what other people think about her
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