Zythepsary
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A brewery. obsolete, rare
"1861, uncredited contributor, “Wandering Words” in All the Year Round, Volume 5, No. 106, 4 May, 1961, p. 144, But the oddest things of all are to be found in the dictionaries. Why they are all kept there no one knows; but what man in his senses would use such words as zythepsary for a brew-house, and zumologist for a brewer […]"
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More examples"1861, uncredited contributor, “Wandering Words” in All the Year Round, Volume 5, No. 106, 4 May, 1961, p. 144, But the oddest things of all are to be found in the dictionaries. Why they are all kept there no one knows; but what man in his senses would use such words as zythepsary for a brew-house, and zumologist for a brewer […]"
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “barley beer”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil”).
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