Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gastrolatry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gas-tro-la-try
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive devotion to eating or food.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gastrolatry, indeed, is a worship which, at one time or other, has prevailed in different forms over all parts of the world — its history takes an extensive range, and is not altogether without interest."
"Tausenau worshipped his stomach. A Lucullus and an Apicius rolled into one could barely have given an adequate notion of his intense gastrolatry."
"Explaining "gastrolatry," worship of the stomach god, Bakhtin points out the saving nature of this kind of devotion."

Etymology

From gastro- + -latry.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gastro
Suffix: latry

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gastrolatry mean?: Excessive devotion to eating or food.
Where does gastrolatry come from?: From gastro- + -latry.

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