Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drink made of sweetened milk or cream curdled with wine or spirits.
- noun A cold dessert made with sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and beaten with wine, spirits, or fruit juice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sillibub .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
syllabub .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A drink dating back to the 16th century in various forms, comprising 1 part
sherry to 3 partsmilk , withnutmeg and optionallybrandy . Served topped withclotted cream andsugar , and sprinkled withcinnamon or morenutmeg . (Reference: Australian Colonial Cookery, Richard Daunton-Fear and Penelope Vigar, Rigby, 1977,ISBN 0-7270-0189-6 , page 59.) - noun A 19th century dessert derived from the drink, comprising a wineglass of sherry, 1/2 pint of cream, 4 ounces of sugar, grated
lemon rind, and sometimesgelatine to set firm. (Reference: ditto Australian Colonial Cookery.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun spiced hot milk with rum or wine
- noun sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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It has always struck me as self-evident that the English word syllabub
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Oliver Owen Sussex, England READER'S QUERY H.re's one answer to Peter H. Marsden's query about the origin of the word syllabub [VI, 1].
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Breeze, and subsequently when removed to the old Kraaken line -- of -- battle ship, both of which were constantly part of blockading squadrons, could be compared to nothing more fitly than a dish of trifle, anciently called syllabub, with a stray plum here and there scattered at the bottom.
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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I was being initiated into the mystic sweets of "syllabub," a Southern concoction of which my sober Scotch folks had never heard.
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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Oh, Diana is so vexed -- her syllabub was a failure, the Assembly is mined and she does not know what she has ever done to be inflicted with such a tiresome brother! "
Sanditon 1817
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Helen Saberi tops her trifle with a magnificent syllabub, made from a mixture of lemon zest and juice, sugar, white wine and orange flower water and double cream.
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At my urging, she spooned a small portion of the syllabub into her mouth.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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At my urging, she spooned a small portion of the syllabub into her mouth.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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At my urging, she spooned a small portion of the syllabub into her mouth.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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At my urging, she spooned a small portion of the syllabub into her mouth.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
slumry commented on the word syllabub
I always wonder why one would have a course description for dessert. ;-) Obviously, I have the misfortune to come from a syllabub-less culture.
July 12, 2007
bilby commented on the word syllabub
Calico Jam,
The little Fish swam
Over the syllabub sea,
He took off his hat
To the Sole and the Sprat,
And the Willeby-wat, -
But he never came back to me!
He never came back!
He never came back!
He never come back to me!
- Edward Lear, 'Calico Pie'.
April 12, 2009
madmouth commented on the word syllabub
also sillibub
October 28, 2009
holly commented on the word syllabub
My money is on the Persian, Arabic, & Ottoman Turkish--
salep/salab (a powdered orchid-tuber starch) + ab ( the Persian for "water")
See the article on the Middle Eastern drink made from Orchis mascula
http://hollychase.com/orchid-aphrodisiac/
holly ( at) hollychase (dot) com
February 12, 2010