zythepsary

Definition

A brewery.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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 […]"
• "...and we Employ the same old diastase In orgulous zythepsaries."
• "Zythepsary equipment — there's a vast change nowadays!"

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