Word of the Day: Saccharine

Saccharine
- adj.

Pronunciation:
[SAK-er-in, uh-reen, uh-rahyn]

Definition:
1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
2. containing or yielding sugar.
3. very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
4. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
5. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.

Etymology:
1670s, "of or like sugar," from M.L. saccharum "sugar," from L. saccharon, from Gk. sakkharon, from Pali sakkhara, from Skt. sarkara "gravel, grit" (see sugar). Metaphoric sense of "overly sweet" first recorded 1841.

"Television programming for children need not be saccharine or insipid in order to give to violence its proper balance in the scheme of things...."
- Dorothy H. Cohen

Uh oh... ; )

http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/discussion/topic.html?topic_id=129948

WE'VE RUN OUT OF WORDS!

Lol saccharine, what poet with a thesaurus doesn't already know this word?

My friend's boyfriend kept calling someone we know "obsequious" yesterday. Good word for WOTD maybe.

I KNEW IT, SIBBY!

I couldn't find it, though, so I just shirked the feeling of deja vu. I'm glad you called me on that, though. I'll put 2 up tomorrow to make it up.

"Lol saccharine, what poet with a thesaurus doesn't already know this word?"

PFFFFT. Thesaurus. Pfft.

Haha, it rang a bell so I did a "search forums" and just looked through the results. I figured either it had been done before, or I was psychic. I believe "fart" has also been covered, in case you were thinking of that.

I wouldn't worry about doing 2, Jord.

I forgot about this one.

Why are there so many different ways to say it? I say SAHK-uh-reen?

It's that Mainer accent... ; )

I always pictured it "Satch-eh-reen"

I pronounce it sak-uh-rahyn.

It just has to do with dialects - European vs. North American. Also the satch- in Sibby's pronunciation is her own flavor. :)

Ayuh, it must be tha Mainah in me.... sounds wicked good that way though.

Nah Sibs. You're just strange.
It's definitely pronounced Sak-cha-riyne.

You said "Ayuh." That reminds me of Stephen King. <3

I thought it was SAK-uh-reen.

So clearly, there is no real pronunciation for this word. Ha! I don't believe it actually exists.