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saccharine
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sæk??a?n/, /-??n/, /-?i?n/, /?sæk??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sæk???n/, /-??n/, /?sæk??n/
- Homophone: saccharin
- Hyphenation: sac?cha?rine
Etymology 1
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 ???????? (sákkharon), from Pali sakkhar? (“sugar; gravel; granule, grain; crystal; potsherd”), from Sanskrit ?????? (?árkar?, “ground or candied sugar; cotton sugar, sugarmaple; gravel, grit, pebbles; potsherd”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?orkeh? (“boulder; gravel”).
Adjective
saccharine (comparative more saccharine, superlative most saccharine)
- (dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary.
- Synonym: (archaic, rare) saccharous
- (dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar.
- Synonyms: cloying, sickly, sickly sweet
- (figuratively, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy.
- Synonyms: cloying, precious, saccharined, sickly, twee
- Antonym: nonsaccharine
- (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid.
Derived terms
- nonsaccharine
- saccharined (adjective)
- saccharinely
- saccharinity
Translations
See also
- Thesaurus:sweet
Noun
saccharine (uncountable)
- (dated) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
- (figuratively) Sentimentalism.
Translations
Etymology 2
From saccharin +? -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
Adjective
saccharine (not comparable)
- Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
Derived terms
- saccharinic
Translations
Etymology 3
A variant of saccharin.
Noun
saccharine (plural saccharines)
- Alternative spelling of saccharin
References
French
Alternative forms
- saccarine (1990 reformed spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ka.?in/
Noun
saccharine f (plural saccharines)
- saccharin
Further reading
- “saccharine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
sacchar?ne
- vocative masculine singular of sacchar?nus
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overcute
English
Etymology
over- +? cute
Adjective
overcute (comparative more overcute, superlative most overcute)
- Excessively or cloyingly cute; saccharine; cutesy.
Related terms
- overcuteness
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