different between saucy vs saury

English

Alternative forms

• sawcy (obsolete)

Etymology

From sauce +? -y .

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.s?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?.si/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?s?.si/
• Rhymes: -??si
• Rhymes: -?si

Adjective

saucy (comparative saucier, superlative sauciest)

1. Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
2. Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
   • ~1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act I, scene I, line 143:

     If this be known to you, and your allowance/ When we have done you bold and saucy wrongs.

   She is a loud, saucy child who doesn't show a lot of respect to her elders.

3. Impudently bold; pert.
4. Sharp; pungent; piquant.
5. Mildly erotic.

   I enjoyed the dancing, but my wife found it a little too saucy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sassy

References

Anagrams

• yucas

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??.?i/

Etymology

From Latin saurus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (saûros, “lizard”)

Noun

saury (plural sauries)

1. A marine epipelagic fish of the family Scomberesocidae, with beaklike jaws and a row of small finlets behind the dorsal and anal fins.

Derived terms

• Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus, Scomberesox scombroides, Scomberesox simulans)
• blotched saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• clouded saury (Saurida nebulosa) (Australia)
• common suary (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• dwarf saury (Scomberesox simulans) (Africa, UK)
• filamentous saury (Saurida filamentosa) (Australia)
• gracile saury (Saurida gracilis) (Australia)
• grey saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• large-scaled saury (Saurida undosquamis) (Australia)
• longfin saury (Saurida longimanus) (Australia)
• orangemouth saury (Saurida flamma)
• Pacific saury (Cololabis saira. Scomberesox scombroides)
• painted saury (Synodus myops) (Australia)
• shortfin saury (Saurida argentea, Saurida micropectoralis) (Australia)
• shortjaw saury (Saurida isarankurai)
• silver saury (Saurida tumbil) (Australia)
• slender saury (Saurida gracilis, Saurida elongata) (Australia)
• South Pacific saury (Scomberesox scombroides)
• threadfin saury (Suarida filamentosa) (Australia)
• Wanieso saury (Saurida wanieso) (Australia)

Translations

References

• saury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• saury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Surya, S?rya