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syllabub
[ sil-uh-buhb ]
noun
- a drink of milk or cream sweetened, flavored, and mixed with wine or cider.
- a dessert of beaten cream that is thickened with gelatin, sweetened, and flavored with wine or liquor.
- a glass or punch cup in which syllabub is served.
syllabub
/ ˈɪəˌʌ /
noun
- a spiced drink made of milk with rum, port, brandy, or wine, often hot
- a cold dessert made from milk or cream beaten with sugar, wine, and lemon juice
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of syllabub1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of syllabub1
Example Sentences
The liquid part of the syllabub was sucked through a spout and the foam was eaten with a spoon.
And, frankly, the erasure of butterscotch makes me feel old, as if I was a fossil pining for sarsaparilla, terrapin soup or syllabub.
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.”
Throughout, they pick and store nature's bounty, turning it into miniature pies and pastries, jellies and syllabubs.
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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