sorbet
[sawr-bit, sawr-bey; French sawr-be]
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Origin of sorbet
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Contemporary Examples
The sorbet was tangy and was a tad tart while in the main course the pepper in the yam croquette brought it to life.
But the beauty of it is that it has the best qualities of both desserts: creamy like a sherbet, refreshing like a sorbet.
Historical Examples
Sorbet should not freeze hard; it should be a creamy liquid and ice cold.
Desserts and SaladsGesine Lemcke
And now the sorbet cools our throats and leads us up to the game.
The Art of EntertainingM. E. W. Sherwood
For a sorbet, add a meringue made of the beaten white of egg and sugar to the partially frozen ice.
Civic League Cook BookAnonymous
Freeze, and serve in sorbet glasses, with Eau de Vie de Dantzig on top.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook BookVictor Hirtzler
Outside, by the cracked pool, it was coming on slow twilight and that magic, tropical blood-orange sky like a swirl of sorbet.
MakersCory Doctorow
sorbet
- a water ice made from fruit juice, egg whites, milk, etc
- a US word for sherbet (def. 2)
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Word Origin
C16: from French, from Old Italian sorbetto, from Turkish şerbet, from Arabic sharbah a drink
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Word Origin and History for sorbet
n.
1580s, "cooling drink of fruit juice and water," from French sorbet (16c.), probably from Italian sorbetto, from Turkish serbet (see sherbet). Perhaps influenced in form by Italian sorbire "to sip." Meaning "semi-liquid water ice as a dessert" first recorded 1864.
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