Hugolatry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French hugolâtrie, equivalent to Hugo +‎ -latry.

Noun

Hugolatry (uncountable)

1. The fervent admiration of the works and literary theories of French writer Victor Hugo (1802–1885).
   • 1885 July, “A Forgotten Pamphleteer”, in Tinsleys’ Magazine, volume 37, London: Tinsley Brothers, page 84:

     The principal took small heed of his pupils; imported teachers from Paris, and shut himself up in his closet reading Petrus Borel, the “Lycanthrope,” Gautier and Barbara, de Merval and Lamartine, but above all, Victor Hugo. From these studies the schoolmaster would sally forth into his school-rooms, and instruct his boys in the religion, the fanaticism of Hugolatry.

Related terms

• Hugolater
• Hugophile

 

Translations

fervent admiration of the works and literary theories of French writer Victor Hugo

• French: hugolâtrie (fr) f