Definition of bardolatry in English:
bardolatry
noun bɑːˈdɒlətribɑrˈdɑlətri
mass nounhumorous Excessive admiration of Shakespeare.
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone doubting the status of bardolatry as a world religion need only visit the gift shops at Anne Hathaway's Cottage or the Folger Shakespeare Library for reassurance.
- The florid old actor-manager at the heart of Forkbeard Fantasy's Shooting Shakespeare is effusive in his bardolatry.
- American history is filled with manifestos of cultural independence paradoxically coupled with exercises in bardolatry and Anglophilia.
Derivatives
noun
humorous Fortunately for me, after college I moved to New York City and found a group of like-minded bardolaters.
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the most fervent bardolaters of the period was the artist and antiquarian Samuel Ireland.
- The ninth edition of the annual Shakespeare festival took place on Saturday, giving the local bardolators yet another chance to witness a few popular scenes from some of the best-loved plays in English.
- Looking annoyed, Thomas clears his throat, and not to be outdone as a bardolater, quotes the same again.
- For the bardolators the answer is simply that we sail off into the world of fantasy.
Rhymes
hagiolatry, iconolatry, idolatry
Definition of bardolatry in US English:
bardolatry
nounbärˈdälətrēbɑrˈdɑlətri
humorous Excessive admiration of Shakespeare.
Example sentencesExamples
- American history is filled with manifestos of cultural independence paradoxically coupled with exercises in bardolatry and Anglophilia.
- The florid old actor-manager at the heart of Forkbeard Fantasy's Shooting Shakespeare is effusive in his bardolatry.
- Anyone doubting the status of bardolatry as a world religion need only visit the gift shops at Anne Hathaway's Cottage or the Folger Shakespeare Library for reassurance.