Meanings
verbdesugar (third-person singular simple present desugars, present participle desugaring, simple past and past participle desugared)
present singular third person desugars · participle present desugaring · participle past desugared · past desugared
- transitivechiefly food processingTo remove sugar from.
- informaltransitivecomputingTo remove syntactic sugar from.
The indexing operation arr[i] desugars to a method call that borrows the entire array.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Middle Persian𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)
- Arabicسُكَّر (sukkar)
- Old Italianzucchero
- Old Frenchçucre
- Middle Englishsugre
- Englishsugar
- Englishdesugar
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Cite this entry
APA
desugar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desugar
MLA
“desugar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desugar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desugar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desugar.
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