syllabub

IPA: sˈɪɫʌbʌb

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.
A dessert pudding derived from the drink.
(dated, figuratively) Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.

Examples of "syllabub" in Sentences

It has always struck me as self-evident that the English word syllabub
At my urging, she spooned a small portion of the syllabub into her mouth.
The word is mainly used nowadays for a related dessert similar to syllabub.
I was being initiated into the mystic sweets of "syllabub," a Southern concoction of which my sober Scotch folks had never heard.
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].
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.
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! "
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.