Ignorant vs Saucy - What's the difference?
ignorant | saucy | Related terms |
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
* Tillotson
* Dryden
(slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
(obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
* Shakespeare
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:
Impudently bold; pert; piquant.
Mildly erotic.
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
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Alternative forms
* ignoraunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- 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.
- Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
- His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant .
- ignorant concealment
- Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
- His shipping, / Poor ignorant baubles! — on our terrible seas, / Like eggshells moved.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ignorantlysaucy
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Adjective
(er)- 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.
- My wife and I enjoyed the dancing, but she found it a little too saucy .