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julip

julip is the alternative form of julep.

Meaning of julep

Noun

julep (plural juleps)

  1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.
    • He wouldnt even let old Wilkie touch it do you remember Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head.1929, William Faulkner, “The Sound and the Fury”, in The Sound and the Fury & As I Lay Dying, New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, published 1946, →OCLC, page 184
  2. (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, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 189

Forms of julip

pluraljulips

Phrases with julip

Questions about julip

What is julip the alternative form of?
Julip is the alternative form of julep.

Words near julip in the dictionary

  1. julio
  2. Julio-Claudian
  3. Julio-Claudians
  4. julios
  5. Julious
  6. julip
  7. julips
  8. Julissa
  9. Julita
  10. Julius
  11. Julius Caesar cipher

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