ithyphallophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ithy-phal-lo-pho-bia
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noun

The fear of having or seeing an erect penis.

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Example Sentences

"So, do you use your violence fantasies to mask your medorthophobia, your ithyphallophobia, or your medomalacuphobia?"
"(Nocturnal erections are probably good if you suffer from 'Ithyphallophobia', the morbid fear of seeing, having or thinking about an erect penis.)"
"“Mommy, I know that you don't suffer from ithyphallophobia, so you can stop pretending that you do.”"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰθύφαλλος (ithúphallos) (from ἰθύς (ithús, “straight”), a variant of εὐθύς (euthús), + φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)) + English phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἰθύφαλλος

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