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Traditional English :: sass
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sassfras.html - n. & v. US colloq. --n. --v.tr. be impudent to, cheek. [var. of SAUCE] |
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Traditional English :: sassaby
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sassfras.html - n.
(pl. -ies) a S. African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, similar to the hartebeest. [Tswana tsess÷be, -Ábi] |
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Traditional English :: sassafras
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sassfras.html - n. 1 a small tree, Sassafras albidum, native to N. America, with aromatic leaves and bark. 2 a preparation of oil extracted from the leaves, or from its bark, used medicinally or in perfumery. [Sp. sasafrÁs or Port. sassafraz, of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: Sassanian
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sassfras.html - n. & adj. (also Sassanid) --n. a member of a Persian dynasty ruling 211-651. --adj. of or relating to this dynasty. [Sasan, founder of the dynasty] |
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Traditional English :: Sassenach
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sassfras.html - n. & adj. Sc. & Ir. usu. derog. --n. --adj. English. [Gael. Sasunnoch, Ir. Sasanach f. L Saxones Saxons] |
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Traditional English :: sassy
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sassfras.html - adj. (sassier, sassiest) esp. US colloq. = SAUCY. sassily adv. sassiness n. [var. of SAUCY] |
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