IDOL
ADJECTIVES
► IDOLASTER idolatrous → 1584 obs.
► IDOLATRIC pert. to idolatry; idolatrous → 1669
► IDOLATRICAL pert. to idolatry; idolatrous → 1550 obs.
► IDOLATRIOUS idolatrous → 1563 obs.
► IDOLATROUS of a person: worshipping images or idols; given to the worship of idols or false gods → 1600
► IDOLISH pert. to idols or their worship; heathenish; also, idolatrous → 1577-87 obs.
► IDOLISTIC recognizing idols, idolatrous → 1846
► IDOLOGRAPHICAL descriptive of idols → 1826
► IDOLOLATRIC idolatrous → a1711 obs.
► IDOLOLATRICAL idolatrous → 1550 obs.
► IDOLOLATROUS idolatrous → a1641 obs.
► IDOLOTHYOUS offered or sacrificed to an idol → 1607 obs.
► IDOLOTHYTE offered to an idol → 1562 obs.
► IDOLOUS of the nature of an idol; affected to idols; idolatrous → 1546 obs.
ADVERBS
► IDOLATRICALLY in an idolatrous way → 1669 obs.
NOUNS
► IDOLATRY the worship of idols or images; the paying or offering of divine honours to any created object → c1250
► IDOLET a little idol → 1674 obs.
► IDOLILLO a diminutive idol → 1646 obs.
► IDOLISM the act of idolizing, or making an idol of anything → 1825
► IDOLODOULIA veneration of any inferior kind given to idols or images → 1579
► IDOLOLATRY idolatry → 1550 obs.
► IDOLOMANCY divination by idols, images, or figures → 1652
► IDOLOMANIA an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry → 1660
► IDOLOMANY an infatuated devotion to idols; zealous idolatry → 1654 obs.
► IDOLOTHISM the practice of offering to idols → 1607 obs.
► IDOLOTHYTE a thing offered to an idol → 1579 obs.
► IDOLRY idolatry → 1535 obs.
► MAHOMET an idol → ?a1500 obs.
► MAHOUND a false god; an idol → c1205 obs.
► MARMOSET an idol; used scornfully → 1426 obs.
► PAGOD an image of a deity, an idol, esp. in India, China, etc. → 1582 arch.
► PAGODA an idol or image → 1634 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACE a close or best friend; one’s hero or idol → 1941 Amer. sl.
► EIDOLOCLAST one who demolishes idols → 1824
► IDOLANT an idolater → 1592 obs.
► IDOLASTER a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity → c1386 obs.
► IDOLATER 1. a worshipper of idols or images; one who pays divine honours to an image or representation of a god, or to any natural object as a deity → c1380
2. an adorer, idolizer or devoted admirer of some person or thing; one who pays excessive devotion to a famous person → c1566
► IDOLATRESS a female idolater → 1613
► IDOLATRIZER one who idolizes; an idolater or idolizer → 1642
► IDOLIST a believer in or worshipper of idols; an idolater → 1614
► IDOLOCLAST a breaker or demolisher of idols; an iconoclast → 1843
► IDOLOLATER an idolater → a1641 obs.
VERBS
► IDOLATRIZE to make an idol of; to worship idolatrously; fig: to adore; to admire excessively; to idolize → 1615
► IDOLIFY to make idol of → 1838
► IDOLOLATRIFY to make the object of idolatry → a1641 obs.
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