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Epeolatry Ep I Ol Uh Tree Noun Worship Words Greek Epos Latry

Front epeolatry \ep-i-OL-uh-tree\
Back noun
The worship of words.

[From Greek epos (word) + -latry (worship). The first citation of the word is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in his 1860 book Professor at the Breakfast Table.]

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