Soppy
/ˈsɒp.i/noun
Excessively sentimental or emotionally gushy; also wet and sodden.
Did you know?English soppy is tied to seep/sop, from an old root meaning “to soak” or “to drench,” so its emotional sense grew out of the image of something literally saturated and limp.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seub-
“to soak, moisten, or make wet”
Old English
OE
soppian
“to soak, sop, or steep in liquid”
Middle English
ME
soppy
“soaked, sodden, wet”
19th Century
English
soppy
“sentimentally wet or mushy; emotionally over-soft”
Modern English
English
soppy
“excessively sentimental or wet and soggy”