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bardolater

noun
bard·​ol·​a·​ter | \ bär-ˈdä-lÉ™-tÉ™r How to pronounce bardolater (audio) \

Definition of bardolater

: a person who idolizes Shakespeare
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bardolatry \ bär-​ˈdä-​lÉ™-​trÄ“ How to pronounce bardolatry (audio) \ noun

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George Bernard Shaw once described a Shakespeare play as "stagy trash." Another time, Shaw said he'd like to dig Shakespeare from the grave and throw stones at him. Shaw could be equally scathing toward Shakespeare's adoring fans. He called them "foolish Bardolaters," wrote of "Bardolatrous" ignoramuses, and called blind Shakespeare worship "Bardolatry." Oddly enough, Shaw didn't despise Shakespeare or his work (on the contrary, he was, by his own admission, an admirer), but he disdained those who placed the man beyond reproach. The word bardolater, which Shaw coined by blending Shakespeare's epithet - "the Bard" - with an affix that calls to mind "idolater," has stuck with us to this day, though it has lost some of its original critical sting.

First Known Use of bardolater

1903, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bardolater

Bard (of Avon), epithet of Shakespeare + -o- + -later

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