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ju⋅lep

  [joo-lip]
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–noun
1. mint julep.
2. a sweet drink, variously prepared and sometimes medicated.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF < Ar julāb < Pers gulāb, equiv. to gul rose + āb water
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ju·lep   (jōō'lĭp)   
n.  

  1. A mint julep.

  2. A sweet syrupy drink, especially one to which medicine can be added.


[Middle English, a sugar syrup, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic julāb, from Persian gulāb, rosewater : gul, rose (from Middle Persian vardā) + āb, water (from Middle Persian āp, from Old Persian).]
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julep 
c.1400, a syrupy drink in which medicine was given, from O.Fr. julep, from M.L. julapium, from Ar. julab, from Pers. gulab "rose water," from gul "rose" + ab "water." Sense of "alcoholic drink flavored with mint" is first recorded 1787.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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