Syllabub

Quick meaning: Syllabub is a noun meaning A dessert pudding derived from the drink.

Meaning

A dessert pudding derived from the drink.

More Meanings

1. A drink dating back to the 16th century consisting primarily of milk curdled with an alcoholic beverage or some acid such as lemon juice, which is usually then sweetened and spiced.
2. (dated, figuratively) Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.

Example Sentences

In the evening I ſhall hope for the honour of your Lordſhip's company to take a diſh of tea there, or a ſullabub warm from the cow.

[H]is kind mother, when she fancied the croquet was flagging, thought of a sillabub—and lo! in walked a meek looking cow, adorned with flowers, and furnished the party with a most fragrant and most refreshing draught.

Mother by hys sonne he hathe sende me a letter / Promysynge hereafter to be to vs better / And you and I with my greate clubbe / Muste walke to him and eate a solybubbe / and we shall make merye / and synge tyrle on the berye […]

I shall yet think it a diminution to our happiness, to miss of half our companions and compotators of syllabub, not to have Mr. Newsham and his dogs, and his preceptors, and his dearly-beloved cousin, and his mathematics, and his Greek, and his horses.

Word Forms

• syllabubs

Synonyms for syllabub

Depending on context, synonyms include sillabub.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sillabub, whipt, sillibub, sullabub, libation, clabber.

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