zythology

English

WOTD – 18 January 2022

Etymology

Coined from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “type of beer”) + English -logy (suffix indicating a branch of learning or the study of a particular subject).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zaɪˈθɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /zaɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
• Hyphenation: zy‧tho‧lo‧gy

Noun

zythology (uncountable)

1. The study of beer and beer-brewing. [from 21st c.]
   • 2013 August 16, Giovanna Dunmall, “Making a strong case for pairing beer and cheese”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 January 2022:

     Beer and cheese, it turns out, are a classic and timeless combination. […] Yet combining the two in creative and inventive ways is a new phenomenon, according to [Nicolas] Soenen. It has come about in the past five years with the advent of a handful of zythology courses launched in Belgium that are designed to create "beer sommeliers".

   • 2015 September 15, Adam Littman, “Longtime friends brew up business at Fortside: Prairie High School grads to hold grand opening for Fortside Brewing this week”, in The Columbian‎^[2], Vancouver, Wash.: Columbian Publishing Co., →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 July 2016:

     Don't worry if the word "zythological" is unfamiliar, though. It's a made up word. "It just means being crazy about beer," said [Michael] DiFabio, 38, adding that the word is a takeoff from zythos, a blend of hops, and zythology, the study of beer and beer making.

   • 2021, Veda C. Storey, Richard L. Baskerville, “The Digital Science Field of Design Science Research”, in Leona Chandra Kruse, Stefan Seidel, Geir Inge Hausvik, editors, The Next Wave of Sociotechnical Design: 16th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, DESRIST 2021, Kristiansand, Norway, August 4–6, 2021, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; LNCS 12807), Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 351:

     From Acarology to Zythology, all of science is developing digital artifacts for use in research; all are branching into the realm of design science research; all are becoming, at least partly, sciences of the artificial.

   • 2021 August 3, Maria Sonnenberg, “Best bets for Aug. 13–19: Concerts, wine and beer dinners, space memorabilia sale”, in Florida Today‎^[3], Viera, Fla.: Gannett Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 3 August 2021:

     The world-class brewery, based in Quebec, Canada, has been delighting zythology enthusiasts since 1992.

Coordinate terms

• enology, oenology
• vinology

Derived terms

• zythologist

Related terms

• zythologue
• zythophile
• zythum

Translations

study of beer and beer-brewing

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啤酒学 (píjiǔxué)

• Dutch: zytologie f, bierkunde f
• Finnish: oluen tutkimus, oluen panemisen tutkimus
• French: zythologie (fr) f
• Japanese: ビール学 (ビールがく, bīrugaku)
• Polish: browarnictwo n (making of beer), piwowarstwo (pl) n (making of beer)
• Russian: зитоло́гия f (zitológija)

Further reading

• beer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia