This week’s theme
Coined words

This week’s words
grawlix
bardolatry
semelparous
broadbrow
topophilia

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(bar-DAH-luh-tree)

MEANING:

noun: Excessive admiration of William Shakespeare.

ETYMOLOGY:

Coined by George Bernard Shaw from bard (poet) + -latry (worship). Shakespeare is often referred to as the Bard of Avon, or simply the Bard. Earliest documented use: 1901.

USAGE:

“I like [Joe Papp] best when he turned up at City Hall to woo some mayor with his blue-collar bardolatry:
‘Shakespeare should be as important as garbage collection.’”
Jeremy McCarter; Mourning Joe; Newsweek (New York); Nov 23, 2009.

See more usage examples of bardolatry in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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