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arachnophobe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
arachno-phobe
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who fears arachnids, especially spiders.

Etymology

From arachno- + -phobe. Piecewise doublet of araneophobe.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

arachnophobes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

arachnophobia arachnophobic

Synonyms

arachnophobic araneophobe

Antonyms

arachnophile

Questions

What does arachnophobe mean?
A person who fears arachnids, especially spiders.
Where does arachnophobe come from?
From arachno- + -phobe. Piecewise doublet of araneophobe.

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