Definition of saccharine Saccharine

/sæˈkɚajˌn/ - [sakerayn] - sac•cha•rine

We found 8 definitions of saccharine from 4 different sources.

What does saccharine mean?

Adjective
saccharine - overly sweet
		cloying, syrupy, treacly
		sweet pleasing to the senses; "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child"

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saccharine (Adjective)
Of or relating to sugar.
saccharine (Adjective)
Excessively sweet in action or disposition; syrupy.
saccharine (Adjective)
Sentimental or romantic to the point of ridiculousness.
saccharine (Adjective)
Of or relating to saccharin.

saccharine (a.)
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
saccharine (n.)
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.

saccharine
sak′a-rin, adj. pertaining to, or having the qualities of, sugar.—n. Sac′charāte, a salt of a saccharic acid.—adjs. Sacchar′ic, pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar and allied substances; Saccharif′erous, producing sugar, as from starch.—v.t. Sac′charify, to convert into sugar.—ns. Saccharim′eter, Saccharom′eter, an instrument for measuring the quantity of saccharine matter in a liquid; Saccharim′etry, Saccharom′etry; Sac′charin, a white crystalline solid slightly soluble in cold water, odourless, but intensely sweet; Saccharin′ity.—v.t. Sac′charise, to convert into sugar:—pr.p. sac′charīsing; pa.p. sac′charīsed.—adjs. Sac′charoid, -al, having a texture resembling sugar, esp. loaf-sugar.—n. Sac′charose, the ordinary pure sugar of commerce.—adj. Sac′charous.—n. Sac′charum, a genus of grasses, including the sugar-cane. [Fr. saccharin—L. saccharum, sugar.]