Meanings
adjectivenonsaccharine (not comparable)
- not comparableNot saccharine.
The “final lecture” he delivered was not about computer science — it was a wise, direct, nonsaccharine talk about how to live.
2008 April 27, Dwight Garner, “Inside the List”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
- Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
- Palisakkharā
- Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
- Latinsaccharon
- New Latinsaccharum
- Englishsaccharine
- Englishnonsaccharine
From non- + saccharine.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
nonsaccharine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsaccharine
MLA
“nonsaccharine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsaccharine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsaccharine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsaccharine.
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