September 6, 2014 Saturday "zymurgy"

Reading the Merriam Webster Dictionary Backwards

September 6, 2014  Saturday

blog address: Readingthedictionarybackwards.blogspot.com

email: ishmaelish36@blogspot.com

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zym-  [Greek, zyme, leaven]  fermentation 

     'enzyme' for example


zymology, zymurgy: the branch of chemistry that deals with fermentation

     I was speaking to one of the book dealers at The Fly Leaf (a wonderful book store in Chapel Hill) and mentioned this project of reading the dictionary backwards.  He asked, "What is the last word in the dictionary?"  I hesitated and then said "zygote"…but I was wrong.  The last word is zymurgy.

    So…this ends the four pages of the "Z's."   Again, my favorite word is the poetic "Zephyrus"  but they all are fascinating.

Z:

zany

zeitgeist
zenithal

Zephyrus

zest

zeugma

zilch

zoot suit
zugzwang

zym-

zymology

zymurgy