syllabub

syl·la·bub

[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.
3.
a glass or punch cup in which syllabub is served.

Origin:
1530–40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure origin

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syllabub or sillabub (ˈsɪləˌbʌb) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a spiced drink made of milk with rum, port, brandy, or wine, often hot
2.  (Brit) a cold dessert made from milk or cream beaten with sugar, wine, and lemon juice
 
[C16: of unknown origin]
 
sillabub or sillabub
 
n
 
[C16: of unknown origin]

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Syllabub is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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