Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auroraphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-ro-ra-pho-bia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear of the northern lights.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He cured one white school teacher of acarophobia, or the fear of insects, and another of auroraphobia, or fear of the northern lights."

Etymology

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

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does auroraphobia mean?: Fear of the northern lights.
Where does auroraphobia come from?: Etymology tree English aurora Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English auroraphobia From aurora + -phobia.

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