Sassier vs Sissier - What's the difference?
sassier | sissier |
(sassy)
Impudent.
* 2007 , John Wood Sweet, Bodies Politic (page 303)
Bold and spirited; cheeky.
Somewhat sexy and provocative.
Vigorous.
Lively.
* 2012 , Jeff Koehler, Morocco: A Culinary Journey (page 10)
(sissy)
(pejorative, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.
(pejorative, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.
(BDSM) A male crossdresser who adopts feminine behaviours.
(colloquial) Sister.
(pejorative) .
* 2000 , (revised edition), Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-58176-7,
(pejorative) .
(childish, colloquial) Urination; urine.
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As adjectives the difference between sassier and sissier
is that sassier is (sassy) while sissier is (sissy).sassier
English
Adjective
(head)sassy
English
Adjective
(er)- Many other jokes featured sassy servants besting their masters by playing dumb and taking instructions overly literally — another trope common in English servant jokes.
- Olives and preserved lemons add sassy tartness to salads, chicken tagines, and fish dishes
sissier
English
Adjective
(head)sissy
English
Etymology 1
Extended form ofNoun
(sissies)Synonyms
* (timid or cowardly person) mama's boy, pansy, nancyboy * (effeminate boy) janegirlDerived terms
* prissy * sissified * sissy bar (a passenger backrest for a motorcycle or bicycle) * sissyphobia * sissy squat (a weightlifting exercise emphasizing knee extension)Adjective
(er)page 173:
- she’d decided the wrapping paper was too feminine. It had a viney pattern that wasn’t anything sissier than you’d see in the old Arabian Nights illustrations. But Richard might think they were flowers.