Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porcophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: por-co-pho-bia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear or dislike of pigs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Porcophobia and porcophilia—thus probably originate in a nighttime of human sacrifice and even cannibalism at which the “holy” texts often do more than hint."

Etymology

From Latin porcus (“pig”) + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: porcus
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does porcophobia mean?: A fear or dislike of pigs.
Where does porcophobia come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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