Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vegephobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: veg-e-pho-bia
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear or dislike of vegetables.

Informal; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We may even carry some "vegephobia" with us from childhood, remembering Mom and those lima beans."
"Whether you have your own “vegephobia” to overcome or want to prepare family meals that everyone will eat, it's time to meet your vegetables all over again — and fall in love this time."
"2013, Mark Allerton, "Apart from shortness, vegephobia and addiction to technology, how are children different?", in Children's Court of NSW Resource Handbook, →ISBN, page 23 (used in title only)"

Etymology

vegetable + -phobia

Usage

Questions

What does vegephobia mean?: The fear or dislike of vegetables.
Where does vegephobia come from?: vegetable + -phobia

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