

Jun 18, 2013 This week's theme

Words made with combining forms



This week's words

rhizophagous

zymurgy

logomania

plutolatry

otorhinolaryngology Words made with combining forms A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



zymurgy PRONUNCIATION: (ZY-muhr-jee)

MEANING: noun: The branch of chemistry dealing with fermentation, as brewing.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek zym- (ferment) + -urgy (work). Earliest documented use: 1868.

NOTES: While zymurgy's day job is raising spirits, it also moonlights as the last word in a dictionary. Some dictionaries have employed other, more accomplished, words for the job. Aardvark serves on the opposite end.

USAGE: "Zymurgy's reek was everywhere."

Ceylon L. Barclay; Red Rum Punch; Cross Cultural Publications; 1994.

See more usage examples of zymurgy in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a communist. -Helder Camara, archbishop (1909-1999)





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