Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

koumpounophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: koum-pouno-pho-bia
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of buttons (clothing fasteners).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mrs Rose said that from time to time psychiatrists had asked her whether their clients suffering from koumpounophobia, or fear of buttons, could visit the shop in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia."
"Years ago, I worked with the parents of a three-year-old with koumpounophobia, a fear of buttons. She violently refused to wear anything with buttons and screamed if her mom approached with buttons on her shirt."
"Meet mother-of-one Louisa Francis, whose bizarre phobia means she is terrified of buttons. The 30-year-old panics if faced with one, and is forced to flee if they are placed too near to her. To most people they are harmless but for Louisa they are a source of fear - because she has koumpounophobia."

Etymology

Modern Greek κουμπί (koumpí) + -phobia. The anomalous first element may be from a related form such as κουμπώνω (koumpóno), a verb.

Origin

Source language: Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κουμπί
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does koumpounophobia mean?: The fear of buttons (clothing fasteners).
Where does koumpounophobia come from?: It is traced to Greek.

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