Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hylophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-lo-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of forests or wooded areas.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects)."

Etymology

From hylo- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hylo
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hylophobia mean?: The fear of forests or wooded areas.
Where does hylophobia come from?: From hylo- + -phobia.

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