-latry noun combining form Trending Now: More Trending: lowlife kakistocracy slimeball salacious oligarch SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words lowlife 'a person of low moral character' kakistocracy 'government by the worst people' slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person' salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire' oligarch 'government in which a small group exercises control' SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of -latry : worship heliolatry Origin and Etymology of -latry French -latrie, from Late Latin -latria, from Greek, from latreia; akin to Greek latron pay Seen and Heard What made you want to look up -latry? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide