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syrup

Syllabification: (syr·up)

(also sirup)

Definition of syrup

a thick sweet liquid made by dissolving sugar in boiling water, often used for preserving fruit.
a thick sweet liquid containing medicine or used as a drink:cough syrup
a thick sticky liquid derived from a sugar-rich plant, especially sugar cane, corn, and maple.
excessive sweetness or sentimentality of style or manner:Mr. Gurney’s poems are almost all of them syrup

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French sirop or medieval Latin siropus, from Arabic šarāb 'beverage'; compare with sherbet and shrub²

Syrup can also be spelled sirup: both are correct.

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