saccharine vs selly

saccharine

noun
  • Sentimentalism. 

adj
  • Excessively sweet in action or disposition, especially if romantic or sentimental to the point of ridiculousness; sickly sweet, syrupy. 

  • Resembling granulated sugar; saccharoid. 

  • Of or relating to saccharin (“a white, crystalline powder, C₇H₅NO₃S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products”). 

selly

noun
  • A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare 

adv
  • Wonderfully, wondrously. 

adj
  • Rare; wonderful; admirable 

How often have the words saccharine and selly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )