English Explanatory Dictionary

antisugar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Opposed to the consumption or production of sugar or sugar-containing foods.
  2. Countering the effects of sugar in mammalian metabolism.
noun
  1. A substance that reacts readily to consume sugars.

Word forms

antisugar more antisugar most antisugar

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂éntider. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar English antisugar From anti- + sugar.

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