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单词 ophiolater
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ophiolatern.

Brit. /ˌɒfɪˈɒlətə/, U.S. /ˌɑfiˈɑlədər/, /ˌoʊfiˈɑlədər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ophio- comb. form, -later comb. form.
Etymology: < ophio- comb. form + -later comb. form, after ophiolatry n. Compare French ophiolâtre, noun (1771).
A person who worships serpents.
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1895 F. T. Elworthy Evil Eye ix. 315 That our Celtic forefathers were Ophiolaters.
1923 D. H. Lawrence Stud. Classic Amer. Lit. 42 He forgets the sweet-and-pureness of Nature, and is for the time a sheer ophiolater.
1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands i. ii. 119 The Phrygian Montanists, the infamous Adamites, the Ophiolaters, the two-faced Manichaeans..would be looked upon today as repugnant cases of insanity.
1994 UNIX Rev. (Nexis) July 101 [It] is the planetary society's snake-like device they may one day..[use to] tease the alien ophiolaters from their sub-permafrost temples.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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