-olatrycomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. poetolatry n..

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: idolatry n.

Etymology: < -olatry (in idolatry n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -latry comb. form, and -olater comb. form.The earliest such form is Mariolatry n. (early 17th cent.), if this is not from a post-classical Latin formation; the similar marianolatry n. dates from the mid 18th cent. Numerous such words, most of them ad hoc formations, appeared in the mid and late 19th cent., some purely humorous (e.g. babyolatry n.), some related to religious controversy (e.g. ecclesiolatry n., pulpitolatry n. at pulpit n. Derivatives), and a few in the literary sphere (e.g. Shakespearolatry n. at Shakespearean adj. and n. Derivatives). Not many have been coined since the 19th cent.

Forming nouns with the sense ‘worship of —, excessive reverence for —’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	-olatry
释义	-olatrycomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. poetolatry n.. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: idolatry n. Etymology: < -olatry (in idolatry n., etc.); compare -o- connective, -latry comb. form, and -olater comb. form.The earliest such form is Mariolatry n. (early 17th cent.), if this is not from a post-classical Latin formation; the similar marianolatry n. dates from the mid 18th cent. Numerous such words, most of them ad hoc formations, appeared in the mid and late 19th cent., some purely humorous (e.g. babyolatry n.), some related to religious controversy (e.g. ecclesiolatry n., pulpitolatry n. at pulpit n. Derivatives), and a few in the literary sphere (e.g. Shakespearolatry n. at Shakespearean adj. and n. Derivatives). Not many have been coined since the 19th cent. Forming nouns with the sense ‘worship of —, excessive reverence for —’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < comb. form
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