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zythum, n.
Brit. |ˈzʌɪθəm|, U.S. |ˈzaɪθəm|
[‹ classical Latin zȳthum ‹ Hellenistic Greek ζῦθος, of unknown origin.]
In ancient Egypt: a kind of malt beer.
Much of the word's continuing use is due to its status as the last word listed in several dictionaries (cf. quots. 1854, 1985).
1608E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 62 For the better auoydance & purging out of the digested venome..giue the party Garlicke beaten with Zythum, vntill he vomit. 1658tr. G. B. della Porta Nat. Magick iv.xxi.149 In Hiberia toward the west and in Britany; whence Pliny, of Corn drink is made: Beer in Egypt, called Zythum, in Spain Caelia and Ceria, Beer in France and other Provinces. 1733Art of Nursing (ed. 2) xii. 35 This Kind of Drink will keep longer than the Zythum of the Ancients, which being made of nothing but Wheat boil'd in Water, soon turn'd soure, because they put no Hops into it. 1791J. Philips Cider i. 58 The ancients had their Zythum, or drink made from Barley; but it was reckoned very unwholesome. 1854Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1281/3 Zythum, a beverage: a liquor made from malt and wheat. 1868Ladies' Repository Nov. 340 What will we drink? Median, or, rather, Babylonian beer, or Egyptian zythum, or domestic cider? 1936Sci. Monthly Apr. 364 An inebriating beverage named Zythum, evidently a beer of some kind, known to be made from barley, is also mentioned by Columella. 1985Guardian (Nexis) 18 July You want to know the last time the Guardian..mentioned anything from aardvarks to zythum..then just a couple of seconds there it is: up on your screen. 2001Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 8 June 28 For the thousands of years that the Egyptians were building pyramids they were brewing zythum to quench their thirsts, to satisfy their gods, nourish their appetites and to help them relax. |