English Explanatory Dictionary

sugary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
  2. Exaggeratedly sweet and pleasant, often to the point of aversion.
  3. Fond of sweets.
noun
  1. A place where maple-juice is manufactured.
  2. A place where sugar is manufactured.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sugary.wav /ˈʃʉɡəɾe/ /ˈʃʉɡəɹe/

Word forms

sugary sugarier sugariest sugaries

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sugary From sugar + -y.

Synonyms

sugared

Related words

brown-sugary

Derived words

nonsugary oversugary sugarily sugariness unsugary maple sugary
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