Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ovophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ovo-pho-bia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The irrational fear of eggs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In my Favorite Sin's case, extreme ovophobia would be the cause."
"Phobics can choose to cope, even in bizarre ways, with their problem. Actors working for Alfred Hitchcock, to take just one example, would tell each other that the one sure way to drive him out of his mind was to stub out a cigarette in an eggshell, as he was phobic about eggs (suffering from ovophobia) and had a big hatred going against cigarettes."
"Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1963 film The Birds terrified ornithophobics, hated eggs (ovophobia)."
"Mine is ovophobia: I have an irrational fear of eggs, particularly the hard-boiled variety."

Etymology

From ovo- (“egg”) + -phobia (“fear”).

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

ovophobe ovophobic

Questions

What does ovophobia mean?: The irrational fear of eggs.
Where does ovophobia come from?: From ovo- (“egg”) + -phobia (“fear”).

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