Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

climacophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cli-ma-co-pho-bia
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lucy: Are you afraid of staircases? If you are, then you have climacophobia."
"I myself have recently developed mild climacophobia (fear of falling downstairs). Don't know why, but I'm convinced that someday I'll fall down a flight of stairs and hurt myself badly."
"I once knew a tall kyphophobic man, Who was sick of stooping so low; Sadly he developed climacophobia, When he moved from his bungalow."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase”) + New Latin -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κλῖμαξ, -phobia, φόβος

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

bathmophobia

Questions

What does climacophobia mean?: The fear of staircases or of falling down stairs.
Where does climacophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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