dodecaphobia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Suppose that you wanted to make a random-number [generator] that returns [all] random numbers between 1 and 20 [but] 12 (because you have […] dodecaphobia which […] is the fear of the number 12)."
- "There’s also dodecaphobia, which is the (again, unofficial) fear of the number 12[.]"
- "Country like Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar, people who follows Hindu religion, they consider the numbers 0, 1, 8, 10, 12, 19 and 28 as unlucky numbers, bad luck or evil spirits etc. These numbers are called oudenophobia, henophobia, octophobia, decaphobia, dodecaphobia, enneadecaphobia and eikosioctophobia respectively."
- "Dagmara read the next title. “‘Dodecaphobia’?” “There is something very troubling about the number 12,” Ema said gravely."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek δώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)bor. English dodeca- Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English dodecaphobia From dodeca- (“twelve”) + -phobia.