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.

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

Origin of syllabub

1
First recorded in 1530–40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure origin

Words Nearby syllabub

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How to use syllabub in a sentence

  • A mere whipt-syllabub knowledge this, Jack, that always fails the person who trusts to it, when it should hold to do her service.

    Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
  • You never feel as if all your blood had been whipped to a syllabub.

    My Little Sister | Elizabeth Robins
  • Then pour it into your little syllabub-glasses, and let them stand all night.

  • Perhaps because syllabub and cream were the recognized dainties of the festival.

    Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • In Northumberland a ring used to be dropped into the syllabub and fished for with a ladle.

    Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia Ewing

British Dictionary definitions for syllabub

syllabub

sillabub

/ (ˈsɪləˌbʌb) /


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

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

Origin of syllabub

1
C16: of unknown origin

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