Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epeolatry

/ɛpiˈɒlətɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epe-o-la-try
IPA: /ɛpiˈɒlətɹi/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The worship of words.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Time, time only, can gradually wean us from our Epeolatry, or word-worship, by spiritualizing our ideas of the thing signified."
"It is said that the first requisite for a successful politician is to be able to invent nicknames for an adversary; and before now a neatly turned expression has overthrown Governments in France. Epeolatry is the fashion of the day."
"I read my dictionary for a few more minutes, until tiredness eventually brought my epeolatry to an end for the day."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -latry (“worship of”). The first citation of the word is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in his 1860 book The Professor at the Breakfast-Table.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἔπος

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

idolatry

Synonyms

logolatry verbolatry

Questions

How do you pronounce epeolatry?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛpiˈɒlətɹi/.
What does epeolatry mean?: The worship of words.
Where does epeolatry come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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