zymurgy

• n. 酿造学

来自希腊语zymo-,发酵，词源同juice,yeast,-urg,做功，工作，词源同work,synergy。引申词义酿酒，酿造。

1. the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)

zymurgy (n.)

branch of chemistry which deals with wine-making and brewing, 1868, from Greek zymo-, comb. form of zyme "a leaven" (from PIE root *yeue-; see juice) + -ourgia "a working," from ergon "work" (see organ).

The last word in many standard English dictionaries (and this one); but Century Dictionary ends with Zyxomma ("A genus of Indian dragon-flies") and in the OED [2nd ed.] the last word is zyxt, an obsolete Kentish form of the second person singular of see (v.).

At the dictionary's letter A
Mr. Brandt is young and gay
But when at last he reaches zed
He's in his wheelchair, nearly dead

[Einar Haugen]