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saccharines

saccharines is the plural of saccharine.

Meaning of saccharine

Noun

saccharine (uncountable)

  1. (dated) Something which is saccharine or sweet; sugar.
  2. (figuratively) Sentimentalism.
    • If Captain Archie Blaine regarded these outpourings as so much adolescent saccharine he never revealed it by a single word, a smile or the flicker of an eye.1960, H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, An Aspidistra in Babylon: Four Novellas, London: Michael Joseph, →OCLC, page 31

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Questions about saccharines

What is saccharines the plural of?
Saccharines is the plural of saccharine.

Words near saccharines in the dictionary

  1. saccharinate
  2. saccharinated
  3. saccharinates
  4. saccharine
  5. saccharinely
  6. saccharines
  7. saccharinic
  8. saccharinic acid
  9. saccharinic acids
  10. saccharinish
  11. saccharinities

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