Definition of Saccharine

1. Adjective. Overly sweet.

Exact synonyms: Cloying, Syrupy, Treacly
Similar to: Sweet
Derivative terms: Saccharinity, Treacle, Treacle

Definition of Saccharine

1. a. Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

2. n. A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.

Definition of Saccharine

1. Adjective. Of or relating to sugar. ¹

2. Adjective. (pejorative) Excessively sweet in action or disposition; syrupy. ¹

3. Adjective. Sentimental or romantic to the point of ridiculousness. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or relating to saccharin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saccharine

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Saccharine

1. A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. Alternative forms: saccharin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharine

saccharification
saccharifications
saccharified
saccharifies
saccharify
saccharifying
saccharilla
saccharillas
saccharimeter
saccharimeters
saccharimetrical
saccharimetry
saccharin
saccharinate
saccharinates
saccharine (current term)
saccharinic
saccharinic acid
saccharinities
saccharinity
saccharins
saccharize
saccharized
saccharizes
saccharizing
saccharo-
saccharogen
saccharogen amylase
saccharogenic
saccharoid

Literary usage of Saccharine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"As 2 grm. saccharine suffice to give 1 kilo, of starch- sugar the same sweetening power ... The detection of saccharine is effected by extracting the dried ..."

2. The Analyst (1887)
"some saccharine tabloids, each of which was said to be equivalent in sweetening ... This relationship indicates that the saccharine has about 200 times the ..."

3. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"THE saccharine ALIMENTARY PRINCIPLE.—(Saccharina. ... Chevallier The substances to which I apply the term saccharine are not uniform in their properties; ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1833)
"saccharine FERMENTATION. The only substance known to be subject to the first kind of fermentation is starch. When gelatinous starch, or amidine, ..."

5. The Law Journal Reports: New Series (1883)
"and the whole lot contains the same number of degrees of saccharine matter, and is otherwise identical in quality and description. ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1889)
"saccharine. The commercial product which is now becoming known by the inappropriate name of " saccharine " is quite a different body from that discovered by ..."

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