julep

[ joo-lip ]

/ ˈdʒu lɪp /

mint julep.

a sweet drink, variously prepared and sometimes medicated.

Origin of julep

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

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

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

julep

/ (ˈdʒuːlɪp) /

a sweet drink, variously prepared and sometimes medicated

mainly US short for mint julep

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