onolatry
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin onolatrīa, from the Ancient Greek ὀνολᾰτρείᾱ (onolatreíā), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + λᾰτρείᾱ (latreíā, “worship”).
Noun
editonolatry (usually uncountable, plural onolatries)
- Worship of the ass or donkey.
- Preoccupation with or devotion to something foolish.
References
edit- “onolatry”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.