saccharine
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ər adjective
1.
of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
2.
containing or yielding sugar.
3.
very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
4.
cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
5.
exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.
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saccharine (ˈsækəˌraɪn, -ˌriːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | excessively sweet; sugary: a saccharine smile |
| 2. | of, relating to, of the nature of, or containing sugar or saccharin |
| 'saccharinely | |
| —adv | |
| saccharinity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
saccharine
1674, "of or like sugar," from M.L. saccharum "sugar," from L. saccharon, from Gk. sakkharon, from Pali sakkhara, from Skt. sarkara "gravel, grit" (see sugar). Metaphoric sense of "overly sweet" first recorded 1841.
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Medical Dictionary
saccharine sac·cha·rine (sāk'ər-ĭn, -ə-rēn', -ə-rīn')
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of sugar or saccharin; sweet.
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Example sentences
The prevailing atmosphere is usually one of saccharine sweetness.
Don't be fooled by the saccharine emoticons and the pretty colors.
The citizenship would possess magical skills of style that could wrench mahogany from mud, silk from saccharine.
Maybe the synthetic and saccharine easy-listening experience will soon acquire a period charm.
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