zymoid, adj. & n.

zymoid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zymoidadjective & noun

## Earlier version

- zymoid, a. and n. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the word zymoid mean?

There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word zymoid. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, 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 word zymoid?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0031
1900 | 0.0026
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.002
1930 | 0.002
1940 | 0.0016
1950 | 0.0006
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

### How is the word zymoid pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzʌɪmɔɪd/

### Where does the word zymoid come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The earliest known use of the word zymoid is in the 1890s.

OED's earliest evidence for zymoid is from 1891, in Century Dictionary.

zymoid is a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.

Etymons: Greek ζύμη, ‑oid suffix.

### Nearby entries

1. zymo-, comb. form
2. zymocyte, n. a1909–
3. zymodeme, n. 1978–
4. zymogen, n. 1877–
5. zymogenetic, adj. 1896–
6. zymogenic, adj. 1884–
7. zymogluconate, n. 1887–
8. zymogluconic, adj. 1886–
9. zymogram, n. 1957–
10. zymohydrolysis, n. 1903–
11. zymoid, adj. & n.1891–
12. zymological, adj. 1828–
13. zymologist, n. 1828–
14. zymology, n. 1753–
15. zymolysis, n. 1890–
16. zymolytic, adj. 1890–
17. zymome, n. 1820–31
18. zymometer, n. 1842–
19. zymophore, adj. 1900–
20. zymophoric, adj. 1902–
21. zymophyte, n. 1890–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element.
Etymons: Greek ζύμη, ‑oid suffix.
< Greek ζύμη (see zymo- comb. form) + ‑oid suffix.

## Meaning & use

1. adjective
   1. 1891–
      Resembling a ferment.
      1. 1891
         Century Dictionary
2. noun
   1. 1900–
      A substance having a relation to a ferment analogous to that of a toxoid to the corresponding toxin.
      1. 1900

         > The hypothesis of Morgenroth in regard to the existence of a haptophore group and the [sic; ? a] zymophore group in the labile ferment has been recently verified by Myers and Bashford, who have discovered zymoids analogous to the toxoids.

         U.S. Department of Agric. Bur. Anim. Ind. Rep. 257 (Cent. Dict. Supplement)

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzʌɪmɔɪd/

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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.

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## Frequency

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

zymoid 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 zymoid, adj. & n., 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
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1890 | 0.0031
1900 | 0.0026
1910 | 0.0022
1920 | 0.002
1930 | 0.002
1940 | 0.0016
1950 | 0.0006
1960 | 0.0002
1970 | 0.0002
1980 | 0.0001
1990 | 0.0001
2000 | 0.0001
2010 | 0.0001

zymoid, adj. & n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zymoid, adj. & n. was last modified in December 2024.