verbolatry

• Nom désignant le culte ou la vénération excessive des mots, ainsi qu'un attachement excessif à leur usage et à leur pouvoir.

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

indénombrable

1. Worship of wordsC2formal

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

   Adoration des mots

   • 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.

   Synonymesword-worship