Syrup Definition

sʉrəp, sirəp

noun

Any sweet, thick liquid.

Webster's New World

A thick, sugary liquid made by boiling down or otherwise concentrating plant sap, juice, or grain extracts.

American Heritage

A concentrated solution of sugar in water, often used as a vehicle for medicine.

American Heritage Medicine

(Cockney rhyming slang; shortened from syrup of figs) A wig.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Syrup

Singular:

syrup

Plural:

syrups

From Middle English sirup, from Anglo-French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شراب (Å¡arāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup"), from شرب (šáriba, “to drink"). Related to sorbet, sherbet. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope.

From Wiktionary
Middle English sirup from Old French sirop from Medieval Latin siropus from Arabic šarāb from šariba to drink śrb in Semitic roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
The first known use of sirup was in the 14th century.

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