[sac.cha.rine] adj [L saccharum] (ca. 1674) 1 a: of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar "~ taste" b: yielding or containing sugar "~ vegetables"
2: overly or sickishly sweet "~ flavor"
3: ingratiatingly or affectedly agreeable or friendly
4: overly sentimental: mawkish -- sac.cha.rin.i.ty n