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Definition of Saccharine
1. Adjective. Overly sweet.
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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharine
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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