zymology
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English
Alternative forms
- zumology (dated)
Etymology
Noun
zymology (uncountable)
- (zymurgy) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
- The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.
Translations
treatise on the fermentation of liquors
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References
- “zymology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “zymology”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.