zoolatrousadjective
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What does the adjective zoolatrous mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoolatrous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoolatrous?
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0004 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0004 |
| 1950 | 0.0002 |
| 1960 | 0.0002 |
| 1970 | 0.0002 |
| 1980 | 0.0002 |
| 1990 | 0.0001 |
| 2000 | 0.00009 |
| 2010 | 0.00009 |
How is the adjective zoolatrous pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zoolatrous come from?
Earliest known use
1870s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoolatrous is in the 1870s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoolatrous is from 1876, in a dictionary by F. E. A. Gasc.
zoolatrous is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, ‑latrous comb. form.
Nearby entries
- zoogyroscope, n.1880–
- zooid, n.1851–
- zooid, adj.1849
- zooidal, adj.1858–
- zooidogamous, adj.1891–
- zookeeper, n.1886–
- zookeeping, n.1929–
- Zookers, int.1620–
- Zooks, int.1600–
- zoolater, n.1876–
- zoolatrous, adj.1876–
- zoolatry, n.1784–
- zoolite, n.1768–
- zoologer, n.1663–
- zoologic, adj.1766–
- zoological, adj. & n.1686–
- zoological garden, n.1827–
- zoologically, adv.1799–
- zoologico-, comb. form
- zoologico-archaeologist, n.1864
- zoologist, n.1663–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1876–Of, relating to, or practising zoolatry.
- 1876
Zoolâtrique, zoolatrous.
F. E. A. Gasc, Dictionary French & English Language (new edition) 580/2 - 1898
Vestiges of zoölatrous worship.
E. P. Evans, Evolutional Ethics i. 6 - 1913
Her primitive character..appears in the account of her marriages with animals, in which there is to be recognized the trace of the old zoölatrous period.
C. H. Toy, Introd. Hist. Religion 331 - 1983
Perhaps no zoolatrous culture has accorded as much attention to birds that unquestionably were deities as the Egyptian.
B. Mundkur, Cult Serpent 101 - 2011
There could be nothing more unnatural to Christianity than the..zoolatrous worship of a cat, pig or bull.
A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Law & Ecology 160
- zoolatrous1876–Of, relating to, or practising zoolatry.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
Frequency
zoolatrous typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoolatrous is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoolatrous, adj., 1880–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0005 |
| 1900 | 0.0004 |
| 1910 | 0.0005 |
| 1920 | 0.0005 |
| 1930 | 0.0004 |
| 1940 | 0.0004 |
| 1950 | 0.0002 |
| 1960 | 0.0002 |
| 1970 | 0.0002 |
| 1980 | 0.0002 |
| 1990 | 0.0001 |
| 2000 | 0.00009 |
| 2010 | 0.00009 |