Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bromidrosiphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bro-midrosi-pho-bia
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fear that one has an offensive body odour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"ORD has been described around the world since the 1800s under a variety of rubrics, such as bromidrosiphobia, "fear of emitting bad odors,"..."

Etymology

From brom- (“stench, stink”) + (h)idros(is) (“sweat”) + -phobia (“fear”).

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does bromidrosiphobia mean?: A fear that one has an offensive body odour.
Where does bromidrosiphobia come from?: From brom- (“stench, stink”) + (h)idros(is) (“sweat”) + -phobia (“fear”).

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