Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chaetophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chaeto-pho-bia
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Andrew pulled it out of her reach. "You idiot, I suffer from chaetophobia. You have no idea of what you've done.""

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: χαίτη

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

trichophobia

Questions

What does chaetophobia mean?: fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals
Where does chaetophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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