a. very sweet; cloying; pertaining to sugar. saccharic, a. pertaining to saccharine substances. sacchariferous, a. containing sugar. saccharify, saccharize, v.t. transform into, or impregnate with, sugar. saccharimeter, n. polarimeter measuring amount, and kind, of sugar in a solution. saccharoid, a. sugary; granular. saccharometer, n. hydrometer measuring amount of sugar in a solution.