Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phobian

/ˈfoʊbiən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-bian
IPA: /ˈfoʊbiən/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to Phobos.

noun

An inhabitant of Phobos.

noun

A member of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C., Ghana's premier football club.

noun

One who is phobic or antagonistic towards something.

Example Sentences

"If his stature in earthly measurement be taken as five feet ten inches, he would tower into the Phobian sky to a height over one and one-tenth miles."
"From the period of precession of the Phobian orbit the oblateness of Mars is computed to be about 1/192, which exceeds that of the Earth."
"This produces the unusual (to Earthmen) situation that the Phobian "month" is shorter than the Martian "day.""
"I understood (again from the brochures) that our little Phobian virus was extremely virulent."
"In walking he would raise the toes of his feet above the heads of the Phobians to a height of five hundred feet."
"You know the answer already as to why the Phobians acquired the plague."

Etymology

From Phobos + -ian.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Phobos, phobia

Inflected Forms

Phobians (plural)

Synonyms

Phobosian

Questions

How do you pronounce phobian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfoʊbiən/.
What does phobian mean?: Pertaining to Phobos.
Where does phobian come from?: From Phobos + -ian.

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