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saccharine
1674, "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.
