Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

babyolatry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baby-ola-try
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There will be as there must be much baby talk in the nurseries of a people so far gone in “babyolatry” as are we Americans."
"To take one small example, Swinburne's famous celebration of Marian's baby in Aurora Leigh (mentioned on p. 141) stems not so much from a contemporary 'glorification' of maternity as his own much-documented and idiosyncratic 'babyolatry'."
"I must say I prefer living breathing parents who communicate with their children, whatever the quality of the message delivered, to parents who have been converted to the stupid and harmful religion of babyolatry!"

Etymology

From baby + -olatry.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does babyolatry mean?: Adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.
Where does babyolatry come from?: From baby + -olatry.

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