Jun 20, 2013 This week's theme

Words made with combining forms



This week's words

rhizophagous

zymurgy

logomania

plutolatry

otorhinolaryngology

Words made with combining forms

A.Word.A.Day

plutolatry

PRONUNCIATION:

MEANING:

noun: Excessive devotion to wealth.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek pluto- (wealth) + -latry (worship). Earliest documented use: 1891. Pluto was the god of riches in Roman mythology.

USAGE:

"He said this reflected the 'appearance of unbridled avarice -- the flowering of plutolatry'."

John F. Copper & Ta-ling Lee; Coping With a Bad Global Image; University Press of America; 1997.

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