Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pogonophobic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pogono-pho-bic
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an aversion to beards.

Example Sentences

"They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages."
"[…] knows I'm pogonophobic. When I hired him he hadn't grown his beard. Nowadays I'm not important enough to fire him."
"Did you hear of the pogonophobic barber, / Who suddenly decided that he wanted fame? / But on the stage he developed nomatophobia, / And couldn't bear to hear his own name."

Etymology

From pogono- + -phobic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pogono
Suffix: phobic

Inflected Forms

more pogonophobic (comparative) most pogonophobic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

pogonophobia

Questions

What does pogonophobic mean?: Having an aversion to beards.
Where does pogonophobic come from?: From pogono- + -phobic.

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