zymolytic, adj.

zymolytic
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zymolytic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymolyticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zymolytic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zymolytic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zymolytic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.001
1900 | 0.0008
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.0006
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0001
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00009
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00007
2000 | 0.00007
2010 | 0.00009

### How is the adjective zymolytic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzʌɪməˈlɪtɪk/
zigh-muh-LIT-ik

#### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪməˈlɪdɪk/
zigh-muh-LID-ik

### Where does the adjective zymolytic come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The earliest known use of the adjective zymolytic is in the 1890s.

OED's only evidence for zymolytic is from 1890, in a paper by A. S. Lea.

### Nearby entries

1. zymogenic, adj. 1884–
2. zymogluconate, n. 1887–
3. zymogluconic, adj. 1886–
4. zymogram, n. 1957–
5. zymohydrolysis, n. 1903–
6. zymoid, adj. & n. 1891–
7. zymological, adj. 1828–
8. zymologist, n. 1828–
9. zymology, n. 1753–
10. zymolysis, n. 1890–
11. zymolytic, adj.1890–
12. zymome, n. 1820–31
13. zymometer, n. 1842–
14. zymophore, adj. 1900–
15. zymophoric, adj. 1902–
16. zymophyte, n. 1890–
17. zymosan, n. 1943–
18. zymoscope, n. 1868–
19. zymosimeter, n. 1704–
20. zymosis, n. 1842–
21. zymotechnic, adj. 1896–

## Meaning & use

1. 1890–
   Pertaining to or involving zymolysis.
   Stressed as zymoˈlytic.
   1. 1890

      > The zymolytic activity of the digestive fluid.

      A. S. Lea in Journal of Physiology vol. 11 264
   chemistry
   1. zymolytic 1890–
      Pertaining to or involving zymolysis.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzʌɪməˈlɪtɪk/
zigh-muh-LIT-ik

### U.S. English

/ˌzaɪməˈlɪdɪk/
zigh-muh-LID-ik

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

View the pronunciation model here.

####

Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

##### Consonants

b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values

- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige

##### Vowels

- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot

## Frequency

zymolytic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zymolytic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zymolytic, adj., 1890–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
--- | ---
1890 | 0.001
1900 | 0.0008
1910 | 0.0007
1920 | 0.0006
1930 | 0.0004
1940 | 0.0001
1950 | 0.0001
1960 | 0.0001
1970 | 0.00009
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00007
2000 | 0.00007
2010 | 0.00009

Originally published as part of the entry for zymo-, comb. form

zymo-, comb. form was first published in 1921; not fully revised.