pertaining to beer ...1841 nonce word
from Latin cervesia (beer) + -ous
FIRST DOCUMENTED USE
1841 - see EXAMPLE below
"...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