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zythepsary

zythepsary noun: a brewery.

Noun

zythepsary (plural zythepsaries)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A brewery.
    • 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 […]1861, uncredited contributor, “Wandering Words” in All the Year Round, Volume 5, No. 106, 4 May, 1961, p. 144
    • ...and we Employ the same old diastase In orgulous zythepsaries.1937, Saturday Review of Literature - Volume 17, page 13

Forms of zythepsary

pluralzythepsaries

Origin of zythepsary

Derived from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “barley beer”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil”).

Questions about zythepsary

What does zythepsary mean?
Zythepsary means a brewery.
What part of speech is zythepsary?
Zythepsary is a noun.
What is the plural of zythepsary?
The plural of zythepsary is zythepsaries.

Words near zythepsary in the dictionary

  1. Zyskowski
  2. Zyskowskis
  3. Zysks
  4. zythem
  5. zythepsaries
  6. zythepsary
  7. zytho-
  8. zythological
  9. zythology
  10. zythophile
  11. zythophiles

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