Word of the Day
for Thursday,
May 2, 2013
Saccharine \SAK-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn\, adjective:
1. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of
undying love.
2. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
3. containing or yielding sugar.
4. a very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
5. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
2. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
3. containing or yielding sugar.
4. a very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
5. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
Nellie's saccharine
Bryn Mawr voice tried to turn away the other voice that again said, "Your
incredible Bryn Mawr, Nell."
-- H.D., HERmione, 1927
-- H.D., HERmione, 1927
There are lovely if saccharine
ballads destined to be played at weddings in the year 2020...
-- Ben Greenman, "The Wonder Stuff," The New Yorker, October 17, 2005
-- Ben Greenman, "The Wonder Stuff," The New Yorker, October 17, 2005
We need a harder-edged
piece to balance all the saccharine
in this issue.
-- Sherri Wood Emmons, The Weight of Small Things, 2013
-- Sherri Wood Emmons, The Weight of Small Things, 2013
Saccharine comes from the Sanskrit word śarkarā
meaning "sugar."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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