saccharine , adj :
(dated) Of or relating to sugar; sugary. (dated) Containing a large or excessive amount of sugar. (figurative, derogatory) Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. (chiefly botany, geology) Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. [...] Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”).
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