cyser
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some people insist that pure apple juice and honey be used; others that 1- 2 lb of apples to the gallon of water is sufficient. It is really only Apple wine using honey instead of sugar. The cyser is named according to the apple variety[…]"
- "The procedures for cyser are identical to cider with a notable exception: honey is a much more complex sugar than cane or corn sugars, meaning honey takes a long time to clear and an even longer time (at least six months) to ferment out[…]"
- "Traditionally, a cyser was made by adding honey to apple juice with no additional water. Enough honey needs to be used so that you are not just making a specialty cider (fermented apple juice with a little honey added to boost the alcohol level or add complexity to the beverage)."
Etymology
From Middle English ciser (“alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār). Doublet of cider.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ciser, sīcera, σίκερα, שֵׁכָר