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epeolatry|ɛpɪˈɒlətrɪ|
[f. Gr. ἔπος, ἔπεος word: see -latry.]
The worship of words.
1860O. W. Holmes Professor v. 104 Time, time only, can gradually wean us from our Epeolatry, or word-worship, by spiritualizing our ideas of the thing signified. 1928Daily Express 28 Jan. 8/7 Many writers suffer from this disease of epeolatry, or word-worship. 1968Observer 21 Jan. 27/7 A long farewell to Marshall McLuhan, most treacherous of clerks and a threat to all who cherish epeolatry. |
