Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lilapsophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lilap-so-pho-bia
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Sophie lost everything she owned in a tornado and now suffers from lilapsophobia—fear of tornadoes—so she re-located from Oklahoma to Florida."
"This sometimes results in lilapsophobia (the fear of tornadoes and hurricanes) which is expressed as an ongoing fear that any storms will become severe."
"Jake listened as the newscaster reported a tornado approaching their general area from the southwestern corner of the county. She jumped and paled. “The storm!” He'd seen people with severe fears of storms before. But at the terror in her eyes, he knew it went deeper than that.[…]Lilapsophobia was a very real condition."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λαῖλαψ (laîlaps, “hurricane”) + -o- + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λαῖλαψ

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does lilapsophobia mean?: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Where does lilapsophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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