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Julep

//ˈd͡ʒuːlɛp// noun

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Noun

1
A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.
"He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head."
2
bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice wordnet
3
A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken. historical
"Contraction of the left ventricular orifice, with hypertrophy of the corresponding ventricle; catarrh at the superior part of the right lung. (Julep; digital; aperit. oxymel scillit.)"

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French julep, from Medieval Latin julapium, via Arabic جُلَاب (julāb) from Persian گلاب (golâb, “rosewater”), from گل (“rose”) + آب (“water”).

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