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saccharine

adj
/ˈsækəɹaɪn/UK/ˈsækəɹɪn/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. New Latin saccharon New Latin saccharum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English saccharine From New Latin saccharum (“sugar”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Saccharum is derived from saccharon (“syrupy liquid from bamboo or reeds”), from Ancient Greek σάκχαρον (sákkharon), from Pali sakkharā (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“boulder; gravel”).

  1. derived from *ḱorkeh₂✻ — “boulder; gravel”
  2. derived from शर्करा — “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”
  3. derived from sakkharā — “sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”
  4. derived from σάκχαρον
  5. derived from saccharum — “sugar”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to sugar

    Of or relating to sugar; sugary.

  2. Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.

  3. Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the…

    Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Resembling granulated sugar

      Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.

    2. Something which is saccharine or sweet

      Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.

    3. Sentimentalism.

      • If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.

    4. Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an…

      Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).

    5. Alternative spelling of saccharin.

The neighborhood

Derived

hypersaccharine, mucoso-saccharine, nonsaccharine, oversaccharine, saccharined, saccharinely, saccharinish, saccharinity, saccharinize, unsaccharine

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA