idolatrous
/aɪˈdɒlətrəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
adj
Of or pertaining to idolatry.
Example Sentences
- "the priests of an idolatrous religion"
- "Once Robert Smellie found her in a ruinous kirk on the Lang Muir, where of old the idolatrous rites of Rome were practiced."
- "An idolatrous veneration for antiquity."
- "An idolatrous image or temple."
- "Next morning, I sent two of my companions to make enquiry about our prospects, but they returned in the afternoon to report that things were not at all promising, as a number of shopkeepers who traded in articles used for idolatrous worship had already engaged the Towncrier to go round and announce that anyone who rented, leased, or sold premises to the "Jesus-Church" would be seized and buried alive!"
Etymology
Etymology tree English idolatry Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English idolatrous From idolatry + -ous.