First published 1921; not fully revised
zymoticallyadverb
Factsheet
Where does the adverb zymotically come from?
Earliest known use
1850s
The earliest known use of the adverb zymotically is in the 1850s.
OED's only evidence for zymotically is from 1851, in the writing of Henry Mayhew, author and social reformer.
Nearby entries
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- zymotechnologist, n.1896–
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- zymotically, adv.1851–
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Meaning & use
- 1851–See zymotic adj.Stressed as zyˈmotically.
- 1851
Whether this mass of filth be, zymotically, the cause of cholera.
H. Mayhew, London Labour vol. II. 385/2
the world health ill health a disease, disorder, condition, etc. production of disease [adverbs] infectiously- infectiously1609–In an infectious manner; contagiously. Frequently figurative.
- contagiously1615In a contagious manner. Pestilentially, in a way to breed disease. Obsolete.
- diseasedly1829–
- zymotically1851–