julep /ˈd͡ʒuːlɛp/ noun2 •A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.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. — 2014 •(historical) A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken.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.) — 1833 formsjuleps
