julep

[ joo-lip ]

/ ˈdʒu lɪp /

noun

mint julep.

a sweet drink, variously prepared and sometimes medicated.

Nearby words

jukes, jukskei, juku, jul, jul., julep, jules, julia, julian, julian alps, julian calendar

Origin of julep

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Arabic julāb < Persian gulāb, equivalent to gul rose + āb water

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Examples from the Web for julep

Sulphate of copper, 10 gr.; camphor mixture (julep), 1⁄2 pint; dissolve.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
Champney moistened his dry lips with the julep and uttered a nervous laugh.
Sally Dows and Other Stories|Bret Harte
Ice is as grateful in your dog-day literature as in your August julep.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875|Various
He dropped in almost daily for his afternoon julep on the shaded porch that overlooked her garden.
Why Joan?|Eleanor Mercein Kelly

On that morning during the big meeting General Price must make his own julep.
A House Party with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed

British Dictionary definitions for julep

julep

/ (ˈdʒuːlɪp) /

noun

a sweet drink, variously prepared and sometimes medicated

mainly US short for mint julep

Word Origin for julep

C14: from Old French, from Arabic julāb, from Persian gulāb rose water, from gul rose + āb water

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