applesauce

C2+ Topic:Register & Style

US /ˈæpəlsɔːs/ UK /ˈæpəlsɔːs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a purée of stewed apples; slang for nonsense

Applesauce! I don't believe a word of that story.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a purée of stewed apples;... nonsense baloney hogwash bunk drivel rubbish

Word family

Related forms apple sauce

Etymology

A compound of apple (Old English æppel) + sauce (from Old French sauce, from Latin salsa, 'salted'). The slang sense 'nonsense' is American, dating from the 1920s.

æppel Old English salsa Latin

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# applesauce

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæpəlsɔːs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæpəlsɔːs/

## Meanings
1. a purée of stewed apples; slang for nonsense

## Examples
- Applesauce! I don't believe a word of that story.

## Synonyms
- nonsense
- baloney
- hogwash
- bunk
- drivel
- rubbish

## Related Forms
- apple
- sauce

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: æppel
- Root: salsa

## Etymology
A compound of apple (Old English æppel) + sauce (from Old French sauce, from Latin salsa, 'salted'). The slang sense 'nonsense' is American, dating from the 1920s.

## AI Etymology
Applesauce is a compound of apple (Old English æppel) + sauce (from Old French sauce, from Latin salsa, 'salted'). The slang sense 'nonsense' is American, dating from the 1920s. Important recorded forms include æppel (Old English) and salsa (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a purée of stewed apples; slang for nonsense. The wider family includes related words such as apple and sauce.

## Topics
- Register & Style
- General Vocabulary

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