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Sep. 17, 2016
zymurgy\ZAHY-mur-jee\noun
1. the branch of applied chemistry dealing with fermentation, as in
winemaking, brewing, the preparation of yeast, etc.
QuotesHe was going to work in a brewery for the summer, attracted by
the job's requiring a knowledge of zymurgy ...
-- Geoffrey Wagner, The Asphalt Campus, 1963
Origin of zymurgyZymurgy can be traced to the Greek term zȳÌmÄ
meaning "leaven." It entered English in the mid-1800s.More From
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