Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A mint julep.
- n. A sweet syrupy drink, especially one to which medicine can be added.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sweet drink; a demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture.
Wiktionary
- n. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs. a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.
- n. An alcoholic beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also
mint julep .
WordNet 3.0
- n. bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice
Etymologies
- 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).
Examples
“It is for what you call a julep-cocktail," she replied gravely.”
“The classic Derby drink is the mint julep, which is made with bourbon and a lot of sugar.”
“As the mint and one or two other necessary ingredients were lacking to our family stores, the idea of julep was dismissed as a vain dream, and its place supplied by iced Congress water, a liquid which my cousin characterized, in a hasty aside to me, as being a drink fit only for imbecile infants of a tender age.”
“With me, at least, gratitude for repeated refreshment shall long keep your memory green -- green as the mint-sprays that, when your last "julep" is mingled, should surely be strewn, unsparingly, on your grave.”
“A 'cobbler,' or a 'julep' has lost its attractions; but get up some new name for an old compound, and you go all before the wind again. ”
“Photographs by Caroline Allison for The Wall Street Journal The Comfy Cow: Ice cream flavors like mint julep at Derby time and a Georgia butter pecan with chocolate chips and a splash of Old Forrester bourbon make this retro-soda fountain a local hot spot.”
“The Comfy Cow: Ice cream flavors like mint julep at Derby time and a Georgia butter pecan with chocolate chips and a splash of Old Forrester bourbon make this retro-soda fountain a local hot spot. thecomfycow.com”
“Fortunately, racing and drinking have always been inseparable and there are many tasty classics created in the name of equine pursuits that are far easier to pull off than the popular julep.”
“Jerry Slater, director of restaurants at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel in Louisville, Ky., demonstrates how to make a classic mint julep.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘julep’.
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Sugar
sugar, sugar cube, sugar of lead, The Sugarcubes, table sugar, sucrose, sugar cane, sugar beet, brown sugar, sugar alcohol, sugar of milk, sugar orchard and 123 more...
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Of Arabic Origin
Arabic loanwords in English are words acquired directly from Arabic or else indirectly by passing from Arabic into other languages and then into English. Most entered one or more of the Romance lan...
admiral, adobe, albatross, alchemy, alcohol, alcove, alembic, alfalfa, algebra, algorism, algorithm, alidade and 181 more...
fbharjo from Persian gulab (rose(gul)-water(ab)) Aug 30, 2009
brtom And first behold this cordial Julep here
That flames, and dances in his crystal bounds
With spirits of balm, and fragrant Syrops mixt.
Milton, Comus Dec 16, 2006