First published 1921; not fully revised
zyminizedadjective
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What does the adjective zyminized mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zyminized. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Entry status
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Where does the adjective zyminized come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the adjective zyminized is in the 1880s.
OED's only evidence for zyminized is from 1888, in the writing of Morell Mackenzie, physician and laryngologist.
Nearby entries
- zygotomere, n.1899–
- -zygous, comb. form
- zygozoospore, n.1881–
- Zyklon, n.1939–
- zymad, n.1885–
- zymase, n.1875–
- zymate, n.1817–19
- zyme, n.1882–
- zymic, adj.1817–26
- zymin, n.1842–
- zyminized, adj.1888–
- zymo-, comb. form
- zymocyte, n.a1909–
- zymodeme, n.1978–
- zymogen, n.1877–
- zymogenetic, adj.1896–
- zymogenic, adj.1884–
- zymogluconate, n.1887–
- zymogluconic, adj.1886–
- zymogram, n.1957–
- zymohydrolysis, n.1903–
Meaning & use
- 1888–Predigested by means of zymin.Stressed as ˈzyminized.
- 1888
Zyminised nutriments.
M. Mackenzie, Illness of Frederick the Noble vii. 99
the world food and drink food food manufacture and preparation preparation for table or cooking general preparation processes [adjectives] treated to aid digestion- peptonized1876–That has undergone peptonization. Also: (figurative) simplified.
- predigested1880–Of food: having undergone digestion prior to ingestion. Of organic matter: treated with enzymes prior to another treatment or process.
- zyminized1888–Predigested by means of zymin.
- pancreatizing1897–