SYLLABUB


Meaning of SYLLABUB in English

/sil"euh bub'/ , n.

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.

[ 1530-40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure orig. ]

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