zythology

English

WOTD – 18 January 2022

Etymology

Zythology is the study of beer and beer-brewing.

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): /zaɪˈθɒləd͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /zaɪˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Hyphenation: zy‧tho‧lo‧gy

Noun

zythology (uncountable)

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, Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers, ISSN 1021-6731, OCLC 648902513, 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, Vancouver, Wash.: Columbian Publishing Co., OCLC 1136193108, 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, and 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:10.1007/978-3-030-82405-1, →ISBN, ISSN 0302-9743, 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, Viera, Fla.: Gannett Co., ISSN 1051-8304, OCLC 1033114044, 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: please add this translation if you can