Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of beer made by the ancient Egyptians.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Egyptian malt beer, which is noted for being unfermented.

Etymologies

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From Latin zythum, from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zuthos).

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  • did you know that the last word in Lewis & Short is zythum, which is a kind of Egyptian beer?

    Ancient beer 2005

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