Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoolatry

/zoʊˈɑlətɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zo-ola-try
IPA: /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The worship of animals.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"our souls in infancy are scarred with ancient fears as of big eyes, teeth, fur. This stratum is one of the very richest layers in paleopsychic development, and its outcrops in the many varied zoolatries of savage life[…] [illustrate] the way in which the stages of a child’s development repeat those through which the race has passed."
"Excessive zoolatry and heka practices had always been fundamental aspects of Egyptian religion and lifestyles, but from about the Late Period (c. 747 BC), they increasingly became tinged with fundamentalism and fanaticism."

Etymology

Borrowed from French zoolâtrie, New Latin zoolatria, from zoo- + -latry.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/
British English: /zəʊˈɒlətɹi/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

zoolatries (plural) zoölatry (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

zoolater zoolatrous

Synonyms

animal-worship

Questions

How do you pronounce zoolatry?: The recorded pronunciation is /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/.
What does zoolatry mean?: The worship of animals.
Where does zoolatry come from?: Borrowed from French zoolâtrie, New Latin zoolatria, from zoo- + -latry.

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