syllabub

[sil-uh-buhb]

noun

1. a drink of milk or cream sweetened, flavored, and mixed with wine or cider.

2. a dessert of beaten cream that is thickened with gelatin, sweetened, and flavored with wine or liquor.

3. a glass or punch cup in which syllabub is served.

syllabub

/ ˈsɪləˌbʌb /

noun

1. a spiced drink made of milk with rum, port, brandy, or wine, often hot

2. a cold dessert made from milk or cream beaten with sugar, wine, and lemon juice

Word History and Origins

Origin of syllabub¹

First recorded in 1530–40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of syllabub¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The liquid part of the syllabub was sucked through a spout and the foam was eaten with a spoon.

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And, frankly, the erasure of butterscotch makes me feel old, as if I was a fossil pining for sarsaparilla, terrapin soup or syllabub.

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With no more words, she whirled into his arms then, saying, “Oh, Westley, I didn’t mean that, I didn’t, I didn’t, not a single syllabub of it.”

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Throughout, they pick and store nature's bounty, turning it into miniature pies and pastries, jellies and syllabubs.

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The whole place reminds one of numberless passages in the old dramatists, in which the citizens' wives are described in their garden-houses of Finsbury or Hogsden, sipping syllabub and talking fine on summer holidays.

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