Definition of Sugar-coated

1. Adjective. Encrusted with sugar or syrup. "Candied grapefruit peel"

Exact synonyms: Candied
Similar to: Sugary

Definition of Sugar-coated

1. Verb. (past of sugar-coat) ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of sugarcoated) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sugar-coated

suffusing
suffusion
suffusions
suffusive
sufganiyah
sufganiyot
sug-
sugammadex
sugan
sugans
sugar-baker
sugar-bush
sugar-cane
sugar-coat
sugar-coated (current term)
sugar-coating
sugar-coats
sugar-free
sugar-house
sugar-loaf
sugar-loaves
sugar-maple
sugar-mill
sugar-plum
sugar-plums
sugar-water
sugar alcohol
sugar alcohols
sugar apple

Literary usage of Sugar-coated

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

1. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
""Popular Sovereignty" the Sugar-Coated Slavery Pill. ABSTRACT OF SPEECH AT NORWICH, CONN. MARCH 9, 1860. Whether we will or not, the question of slavery is ..."

2. Principles of Pharmacy by Henry Vinecome Arny (1909)
"As mentioned above, the great objection to the sugar-coated pills is the fact that, in order that ... Several schemes of hand-made sugar-coated pills have ..."

3. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"sugar-coated " meant, and he pleaded that it remain. I think the people of the State of New York understand what " constitutional amendment " means. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1872)
"These pills compare in appearance very favorably with the sugar-coated pills of ... If we were in possession of a working process for making sugar- coated ..."

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