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verbolatry

/vɜːˈbɒl.ə.tri/

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noun

/vɜːˈbɒl.ə.tri/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее поклонение словам или чрезмерную преданность и почитание слов и их использования.

A noun referring to the worship of words, or an excessive devotion to or reverence for words and their use.

uncountable

  1. Worship of wordsC2formal

    An excessive or obsessive devotion to words, their meanings, or their usage.

    ruСловопоклонство

    • His verbolatry made him spend hours analyzing every single word in the poem.
    • Some literary critics are accused of verbolatry, focusing more on the language than the story.
    • Her verbolatry led her to collect rare dictionaries and thesauruses.

    Synonymsword-worship

Forms
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