syllabub

[ sil-uh-buhb ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ ˈsɪləˌbʌb /

First recorded in 1530–40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure origin

C16: of unknown origin

A mere whipt-syllabub knowledge this, Jack, that always fails the person who trusts to it, when it should hold to do her service.

You never feel as if all your blood had been whipped to a syllabub.

Then pour it into your little Syllabub-glasses, and let them stand all night.

Perhaps because syllabub and cream were the recognized dainties of the festival.

In Northumberland a ring used to be dropped into the syllabub and fished for with a ladle.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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