of, relating to, or derived from saccharine substances
saccharic ethers
saccharic in American English
(səˈkærɪk)
adjective
of or derived from saccharine compounds
Word origin
sacchar- + -ic
saccharic in American English
(səˈkærɪk)
adjective Chemistry
1.
of or derived from saccharin or a saccharine substance
2.
of or derived from saccharic acid
Word origin
[1790–1800; sacchar- + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: echelon, gelatin, methodology, modular, silhouette-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)