ˈsɪrəp n. (US sirup) 1 a a
sweet sauce made by dissolving
sugar in
boiling water,
often used
for preserving
fruit etc. b a
similar sauce of a specified
flavour as a
drink,
medicine, etc. (rose-hip syrup). 2 condensed sugar-cane
juice;
part of
this remaining uncrystallized at
various stages of refining;
molasses,
treacle. 3
excessive sweetness of
style or
manner. øøsyrupy adj. [ME f. OF sirop or med.L siropus f.
Arab. sarab
beverage:
cf.
SHERBET, SHRUB(2)]