Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ornithophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: or-nitho-pho-bic
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or relating to ornithophobia, the fear of birds.

noun

Someone with ornithophobia.

Example Sentences

"Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1963 film The Birds terrified ornithophobics, hated eggs (ovophobia)."

Etymology

From ornitho- + -phobic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ornitho
Suffix: phobic

Inflected Forms

more ornithophobic (comparative) most ornithophobic (superlative) ornithophobics (plural)

Questions

What does ornithophobic mean?: Having or relating to ornithophobia, the fear of birds.
Where does ornithophobic come from?: From ornitho- + -phobic.

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