poetolatry

English

Etymology

poet +‎ -o- +‎ -latry, coined by C. S. Lewis in 1936.

Noun

poetolatry (uncountable)

1. Excessive or religious worship of poets.
   • 1936, C.S. Lewis, Ess. & Stud., volume 21, page 165:

     There is yet another way in which Personal Heresy offends against personality; ... I am referring to the growth of what may be called Poetolatry.

See also

• bardolatry

Anagrams

• laterotopy