Words of the Day 13/6/10

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Saccharine:

sac·cha·rine   [sak-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn] 
–adjective
1. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
2. containing or yielding sugar.
3. very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
4. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
5. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.

Origin,
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". Metaphoric sense of "overly sweet" first recorded 1841.
saccharin 
"white crystalline compound used as a sugar substitute," 1885, from Ger., coined by chemist Fahlberg, 1879, from L. saccharon.

Which Words 008
Mercurial (a)sprightly (b)pitiless (c)acting merely for gain
Nilgai (a)a black metallic composition (b)a rain cloud (c) a large antelope
Orris (a)a species of iris (b)a kind of planetarium (c)a prayer

Answers to Which Words 007
Uniped  (b)one-legged
Verity  (b)truth
Lenient (c)merciful

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