julep
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Etymology[edit]
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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Noun[edit]
julep (plural juleps)
- A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.
- 1999, “The Brouhaha”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:
- Yo, we be making mountains out of Cool Whip / Pass me the mint for the julep
- 2014, John T. Edge, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 7: Foodways, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 198:
- In 1797 the American Museum described the Virginian who upon rising “drinks a julep made of rum, water, and sugar, but very strong.” The mint was added a few years later.
- (historical, medicine) A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken.
- 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 189:
- 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.)
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Further reading[edit]
- “julep”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- mint julep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Romanian[edit]
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Noun[edit]
julep n (plural julepuri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of julep
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) julep | julepul | (niște) julepuri | julepurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) julep | julepului | (unor) julepuri | julepurilor |
vocative | julepule | julepurilor |
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