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babyolatry

babyolatry noun: adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.

Noun

babyolatry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.
    • There will be as there must be much baby talk in the nurseries of a people so far gone in “babyolatry” as are we Americans.1926, Milwaukee Public Schools: Professional pamphlet series: Issue 12
    • To take one small example, Swinburne's famous celebration of Marian's baby in Aurora Leigh (mentioned on p. 141) stems not so much from a contemporary 'glorification' of maternity as his own much-documented and idiosyncratic 'babyolatry'.1999, Andrew Gurr, Phillipa Hardman, Lionel Kelly, The Text as Evidence: Revising Editorial Principles

Origin of babyolatry

From baby + -olatry.

Questions about babyolatry

What does babyolatry mean?
Babyolatry means adoration of or devotion to a baby or babies.
What part of speech is babyolatry?
Babyolatry is a noun.

Words near babyolatry in the dictionary

  1. babymooning
  2. babymoons
  3. babymother
  4. babymothers
  5. babyness
  6. babyolatry
  7. babyproof
  8. babyproofed
  9. babyproofer
  10. babyproofers
  11. babyproofing

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