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nonsaccharine

nonsaccharine adjective: not saccharine.

Adjective

nonsaccharine (not comparable)

  1. Not saccharine.
    • The “final lecture” he delivered was not about computer science —— it was a wise, direct, nonsaccharine talk about how to live.2008 April 27, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times

Origin of nonsaccharine

From non- + saccharine.

Questions about nonsaccharine

What does nonsaccharine mean?
Nonsaccharine means not saccharine.
What part of speech is nonsaccharine?
Nonsaccharine is an adjective.

Words near nonsaccharine in the dictionary

  1. nonrutting
  2. nons
  3. nonsaccate
  4. nonsaccharide
  5. nonsaccharides
  6. nonsaccharine
  7. nonsaccular
  8. nonsacerdotal
  9. nonsacral
  10. nonsacramental
  11. nonsacramentarian

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