sherbetn.

/ˈʃəːbɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s zerbet, cerbet, sarbet, serbet, servet, shurbet, shirbet(t, sherbett(e, -bert, -becke, -pet, 1800s sherbat, sharbut.

Etymology: < Turkish and Persian sherbet, < Arabic sharba^h , < shariba to drink. Compare sorbet n.

1. (a) A cooling drink of the East, made of fruit juice and water sweetened, often cooled with snow. (b) A European imitation of this; now esp. an effervescing drink made of sherbet powder (see sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > sherbet

sorbet1585

sherbet1603

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 833 The guests..dranke..water prepared with sugar, which kind of drinke they call Zerbet.

1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1203 A beuerage which they call Cerbet, made of the iuice of lymons water and sugar.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 12 Not much inferiour in relish to the costly Shurbets of Constantinople.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 65 Yet have they sundry sherbets..some made of sugar and lemons, some of violets, and the like.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §705 They haue in Turkey and the East, certaine Confections which they call Seruetts.

1630 J. Smith True Trav. xiii. 25 [The Turks'] best drink is Coffa..and Sherbecke which is only honey and water.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 151 Their common drinke is Sherpet.

1666 London Gaz. No. 222/1 The Grand Seignior..had sent his Mother a Sherbette.

1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 239 We..were severall times treated with sherbert of lemmons.

1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 189 More precious than Chocolate, Coffee or Sarbet.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxxiii. 224 There were..plates of comfits, several china-basons of sherbets.

1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. viii. 128 A cup too on the board was set That did not seem to hold sherbet.

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii The violet sherbets were hastily handed round.

a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 189 To bring in sherbet, ginger-pop, lemonade.

1845 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 2) 550 Lemonade. Syn. Lemon Sherbet, King's Cup.

1845 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 2) 550 Orangeade or Orange Sherbet, for Icing, is made in the same way from oranges.

1845 J. Bregion & A. Miller Pract. Cook 336 Indian Sharbut.

1866 D. Livingstone in W. G. Blaikie Personal Life D. Livingstone (1881) xviii. 368 After coffee and sherbet we came away.

figurative.1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 50 A smart Repartee, with a Zest of Recrimination at the Head of it, makes the prettiest Sherbet!

2. In full sherbet powder: A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavoured, for making an effervescing drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > powder for effervescing drink

sherbet1856

lemonade powder1896

Kool-Aid1927

1856 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 3) 1066 Powders (Sherbet). These are made of the same materials as lemonade powders, the flavouring ingredient being varied to suit the particular case.

1895 Stores' Price List Sherbet. Per doz. 1 lb. tins, 7/2.

1905 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 83 The tin of pink sherbet.

3. transferred.

a. A variously flavoured water-ice ( Cent. Dict. 1891: and in later dictionaries).

b. slang. (See quots. 1890, 1917)

ΚΠ

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Sherbet (popular), a glass of any warm alcoholic liquor, as grog, &c. A misapplication.

1917 H. Lawson Coll. Verse (1969) III. 214 Beer that we called ‘sherbet’.

1974 F. Archer Treasure House i. 18 He had a strident voice and with a few sherbets under his belt you knew he was about.

Compounds

sherbet cup n.

ΚΠ

1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 263 Your little sherbert cups and coffee dishes are made often times of the same earth.

1805 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 9 Apr. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 140 Some Sherbet Cups in silver stands.

1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 2 Aug. (1970) 403 My brother Tony Taylor had sent a set of sherbet cups that had belonged to my mother.

sherbet dabs n. (see quot. 1957).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > sherbet or sherbet sweets

sherbet dabs1957

sherbet fountain1957

1957 J. Kirkup Only Child 118 Another treat was Sherbet Dabs: we got a caramel-flavoured lollipop which we dipped into a bag of sherbet.

1958 Listener 23 Oct. 649/2 The Bonds' shop was not the place for liquorice root, tiger nuts, or sherbet dabs.

sherbet doily n.

ΚΠ

1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 446/1 Exquisite little sherbet doilies.

sherbet fountain n. a confection consisting of a bag of sherbet with a liquorice ‘straw’ through which it is sucked up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > sherbet or sherbet sweets

sherbet dabs1957

sherbet fountain1957

1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy i. ii. 57 The boy's odder pleasures of taste, not so much..the sherbet-fountains, monkey nuts and aniseed balls, but..a penny stick of licorice or some cinnamon root from the chemist.

† sherbet man n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 74 Cookes, sherbet-men (who make the foresaid beurage).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sherbet
释义	sherbetn. /ˈʃəːbɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s zerbet, cerbet, sarbet, serbet, servet, shurbet, shirbet(t, sherbett(e, -bert, -becke, -pet, 1800s sherbat, sharbut. Etymology: < Turkish and Persian sherbet, < Arabic sharba^h , < shariba to drink. Compare sorbet n. 1. (a) A cooling drink of the East, made of fruit juice and water sweetened, often cooled with snow. (b) A European imitation of this; now esp. an effervescing drink made of sherbet powder (see sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > aerated or carbonated drink > [noun] > sherbet sorbet1585 sherbet1603 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 833 The guests..dranke..water prepared with sugar, which kind of drinke they call Zerbet. 1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1203 A beuerage which they call Cerbet, made of the iuice of lymons water and sugar. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 12 Not much inferiour in relish to the costly Shurbets of Constantinople. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 65 Yet have they sundry sherbets..some made of sugar and lemons, some of violets, and the like. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §705 They haue in Turkey and the East, certaine Confections which they call Seruetts. 1630 J. Smith True Trav. xiii. 25 [The Turks'] best drink is Coffa..and Sherbecke which is only honey and water. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 151 Their common drinke is Sherpet. 1666 London Gaz. No. 222/1 The Grand Seignior..had sent his Mother a Sherbette. 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 239 We..were severall times treated with sherbert of lemmons. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 189 More precious than Chocolate, Coffee or Sarbet. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxxiii. 224 There were..plates of comfits, several china-basons of sherbets. 1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. viii. 128 A cup too on the board was set That did not seem to hold sherbet. 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iii The violet sherbets were hastily handed round. a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 189 To bring in sherbet, ginger-pop, lemonade. 1845 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 2) 550 Lemonade. Syn. Lemon Sherbet, King's Cup. 1845 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 2) 550 Orangeade or Orange Sherbet, for Icing, is made in the same way from oranges. 1845 J. Bregion & A. Miller Pract. Cook 336 Indian Sharbut. 1866 D. Livingstone in W. G. Blaikie Personal Life D. Livingstone (1881) xviii. 368 After coffee and sherbet we came away. figurative.1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 50 A smart Repartee, with a Zest of Recrimination at the Head of it, makes the prettiest Sherbet! 2. In full sherbet powder: A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavoured, for making an effervescing drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > powder for effervescing drink sherbet1856 lemonade powder1896 Kool-Aid1927 1856 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 3) 1066 Powders (Sherbet). These are made of the same materials as lemonade powders, the flavouring ingredient being varied to suit the particular case. 1895 Stores' Price List Sherbet. Per doz. 1 lb. tins, 7/2. 1905 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 83 The tin of pink sherbet. 3. transferred. a. A variously flavoured water-ice ( Cent. Dict. 1891: and in later dictionaries). b. slang. (See quots. 1890, 1917) ΚΠ 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Sherbet (popular), a glass of any warm alcoholic liquor, as grog, &c. A misapplication. 1917 H. Lawson Coll. Verse (1969) III. 214 Beer that we called ‘sherbet’. 1974 F. Archer Treasure House i. 18 He had a strident voice and with a few sherbets under his belt you knew he was about. Compounds sherbet cup n. ΚΠ 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) 263 Your little sherbert cups and coffee dishes are made often times of the same earth. 1805 M. Wilmot Jrnl. 9 Apr. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) i. 140 Some Sherbet Cups in silver stands. 1966 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 2 Aug. (1970) 403 My brother Tony Taylor had sent a set of sherbet cups that had belonged to my mother. sherbet dabs n. (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > sherbet or sherbet sweets sherbet dabs1957 sherbet fountain1957 1957 J. Kirkup Only Child 118 Another treat was Sherbet Dabs: we got a caramel-flavoured lollipop which we dipped into a bag of sherbet. 1958 Listener 23 Oct. 649/2 The Bonds' shop was not the place for liquorice root, tiger nuts, or sherbet dabs. sherbet doily n. ΚΠ 1896 Godey's Mag. Apr. 446/1 Exquisite little sherbet doilies. sherbet fountain n. a confection consisting of a bag of sherbet with a liquorice ‘straw’ through which it is sucked up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > sherbet or sherbet sweets sherbet dabs1957 sherbet fountain1957 1957 R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy i. ii. 57 The boy's odder pleasures of taste, not so much..the sherbet-fountains, monkey nuts and aniseed balls, but..a penny stick of licorice or some cinnamon root from the chemist. † sherbet man n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey i. 74 Cookes, sherbet-men (who make the foresaid beurage). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1603
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