Zythum

//ˈzaɪθəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unfermented kind of Egyptian malt beer. historical, uncountable

    "Cartwright looked up from the Chamber’s^([sic]) Encyclopaedia […] One day he would get right to the end, to zythum. Not that he needed to. He had already peeped ahead and seen that it was a kind of ancient Egyptian beer, much recommended by Diodorus Siculus – whoever he was."

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sisnizythos

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"Cartwright looked up from the Chamber’s^([sic]) Encyclopaedia […] One day he would get right to the end, to zythum. Not that he needed to. He had already peeped ahead and seen that it was a kind of ancient Egyptian beer, much recommended by Diodorus Siculus – whoever he was."

Etymology

From Latin zȳthum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos).

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