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sugary.

Of food, drink, etc., containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃʉɡəɾe/Scotland/ˈʃʉɡəɹe/Northern-Ireland

  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.

    derogatory · figuratively

  3. Fond of sweets.

    dated
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈʃʊɡəɹi/Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ˈʃʉɡəɾe/Scotland/ˈʃʉɡəɹe/Northern-Ireland

  1. A place where maple-juice is manufactured.

  2. A place where sugar is manufactured.

Where this word comes from

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.

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