Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zemmiphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zem-mi-pho-bia
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of the great mole rat.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Granted, I find it difficult to imagine how I might one day be able to employ zemmiphobia—fear of the great mole rat—in a training regimen, but that's my own personal failure."
"Meanwhile there are fears from Arachnophobia to Zemmiphobia on Peter's list. Zemmiphobia? Fear of the Great Rat?"
"Nor does this book deal in any way with zemmiphobia (just show the word to your teacher and she'll pronounce it for you), the fear of the great mole rat, although most readers will agree that great mole rats are pretty freaky."
"Some fear string (linonophobia) or the great mole rat (zemmiphobia)."

Etymology

Etymology tree English zemmi Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English zemmiphobia From zemmi + -phobia.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does zemmiphobia mean?: The fear of the great mole rat.
Where does zemmiphobia come from?: Etymology tree English zemmi Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English zemmiphobia From zemmi + -phobia.

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