syrup

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thick, sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar or concentrating plant juice, used on or in food and drinks

   She poured raspberry syrup into the glass before adding soda water.

2. 2
   noun

   a thick liquid medicine, often sweetened to make it easier to swallow

   The pharmacist measured a spoonful of cough syrup.

3. 3
   noun

   figurative: excessive sweetness or sentimentality

   The film's final speech dissolved into emotional syrup.

From Middle English sirup, through Old French sirop and Medieval Latin syrupus, from Arabic sharab, 'drink or beverage,' from shariba, 'to drink.' Sherbet, sorbet, and sharbat belong to the same word family.

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