Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antlophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ant-lo-pho-bia
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of floods or inundation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As climate change brews, Woody is likely to suffer from a severe case of the newly diagnosed floodophobia (or antlophobia). He will not be alone."
"Two roads greet thee before thy devastation and failures... one road stemming from Mama's womb the other dislodged from Daddy's deformed testicles Learning to read was thy great antlophobia of which they twirled towards a dusty tomb."
"Like other phobias, it’s believed that Antlophobia is caused by outside traumatic events that happened when the affected individual was younger."

Etymology

Presumably from Ancient Greek ἄντλος (ántlos, “hold of a ship; bilgewater”), also defined in LSJ as "a flood of water" + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἄντλος
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does antlophobia mean?: The fear of floods or inundation.
Where does antlophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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