Sau″cy (?), a. [Compar.Saucier (?); superl.Sauciest.] [From Sauce.] 1. Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
Am I not protector, saucy priest? Shak.
2. Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs. Shak.
Syn. — Impudent; insolent; impertinent; rude.