syllabub

Etymology
Origin unknown; the spelling may have been influenced by the unrelated word.

Noun

 * 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) A dessert pudding derived from the drink.
 * 3) * c. 1537, ; published in, editor, Two Interludes: Jack Jugler and Thersytes, Kent: [A]t the private Press of Lee Priory; by John Warwick, 1820,  32861772 , page 65:
 * 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
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1) A dessert pudding derived from the drink.
 * 2) * c. 1537, ; published in, editor, Two Interludes: Jack Jugler and Thersytes, Kent: [A]t the private Press of Lee Priory; by John Warwick, 1820,  32861772 , page 65:
 * 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
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1) * c. 1537, ; published in, editor, Two Interludes: Jack Jugler and Thersytes, Kent: [A]t the private Press of Lee Priory; by John Warwick, 1820,  32861772 , page 65:
 * 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
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
 * 1)  Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.