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aischrolatreia

aischrolatreia noun: the worship of filth.

Noun

aischrolatreia (uncountable)

  1. (formal, rare) The worship of filth.
    • Morton's heavyhanded humour when he denies imagined accusations of coprophemia, aischrolatreia and lalochezia by saying that "you - dear reader - can decide for yourself after perusing the remaining two hundred pages" is made heavier still by the fact that nobody at Atlantic noticed that this...2005 July 30, Michel Faber, “L is for lalochezia”, in The Guardian

Origin of aischrolatreia

From Ancient Greek αἰσχρός (aiskhrós, “disgraceful”) + λατρεία (latreía, “worship”).

Questions about aischrolatreia

What does aischrolatreia mean?
Aischrolatreia means the worship of filth.
What part of speech is aischrolatreia?
Aischrolatreia is a noun.

Words near aischrolatreia in the dictionary

  1. airyplane
  2. airyplanes
  3. ais
  4. ais kacang
  5. AISC
  6. aischrolatreia
  7. AISD
  8. AISes
  9. aish
  10. Aisha
  11. Aishalton

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