CEREVISIOUS also CEREVICIOUS ADJ. pertaining to beer ...1841 nonce word ETYMOLOGY from Latin cervesia (beer) + -ous FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1841 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Why sitteth Gregorius, "servus servorum," Thus in a brown study with demons cerulean? Why banquets he not on those plats epicurean? Those viands delicious Would tempt an Apicius, Or the stomach silicious of our Dionysius, LL.D., Stincomal. Arbiter Morum. Those cheeses Etrurian, and boarheads Apulean - Those flasks of Falernian, and cans cerevicious - Those haunches and hams, Pies, jellies, and jams, Would charm a Vitellius' pharynx, or Lamb's..." From: Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country July to December, 1841 Stories of Science: An Historical Tale of the Sixteenth Century, or Thereabouts Translated from the Original Italian of Berni. By Laurentius Little Armiger
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