julep

Etymology

Middle English, from Old French julep, from Medieval Latin julapium, via Arabic جُلَاب (julāb) from Persian گلاب (golâb, “rosewater”), from گل (“rose”) + آب (“water”).

noun

1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.
   Yo, we be making mountains out of Cool Whip / Pass me the mint for the julep 1999, “The Brouhaha”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys
   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, John T. Edge, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 7: Foodways, UNC Press Books, page 198
2. (historical, medicine) 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, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 189