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Ignorant is a related term of saucy.


As a noun ignorant

is ignorant person, ignoramus.

As an adjective saucy is

similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

ignorant

English

Alternative forms

* ignoraunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
  • * Tillotson
  • He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides.
  • * Dryden
  • Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
  • (slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
  • His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant .
  • (obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
  • * Shakespeare
  • ignorant concealment
  • * Shakespeare
  • Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
  • Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
  • * Shakespeare
  • His shipping, / Poor ignorant baubles! — on our terrible seas, / Like eggshells moved.

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    * ignorantly

    saucy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.
  • Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a way 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.
  • Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
  • Mildly erotic.
  • My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy .

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