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Synonyms for saccharine

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsæk ər ɪn, -əˌrin, -əˌraɪn

Définition of saccharine

Origin :
  • 1670s, "of or like sugar," from Medieval Latin saccharum "sugar," from Latin saccharon "sugar," from Greek sakkharon, from Pali sakkhara, from Sanskrit sarkara "gravel, grit" (see sugar). Metaphoric sense of "overly sweet" first recorded 1841. For the sugar substitute, see saccharin.
  • adj sugary
Example sentences :
  • It is incontestable that spirits are produced by the saccharine substance.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Making Whiskey » by Anthony Boucherie
  • She talked a great deal, and was saccharine to the little girl.
  • Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke
  • The saccharine fermentation, in which starch and gum are changed into sugar.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Luckily, he is not saccharine like the majority of writers on religious topics.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Juice, saccharine, highly aromatic, and of a most excellent flavor.
  • Extract from : « British Pomology » by Robert Hogg
  • Juice, plentiful, saccharine, with a slight aromatic flavor.
  • Extract from : « British Pomology » by Robert Hogg
  • Mr. Read's fondness was the saccharine that qualified the insipidity of his wife's apathy.
  • Extract from : « Alone » by Marion Harland
  • It is named from the saccharine matter, called mannite, which it contains.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • Potatoes, saxin, saccharine, and crystallose I have already mentioned.
  • Extract from : « Camp and Trail » by Stewart Edward White
  • The process of cleansing is generally commenced as soon as the saccharine in the fermenting wort falls to about 10 lbs.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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