Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maieusiophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maieu-sio-pho-bia
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Morbid dread of childbirth.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The perversion of normal maternal instinct known as maieusiophobia accounts for a few childless marriages, which may be attributed principally to the erroneous ideas advanced by mothers in the education of their daughters […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαίευσις (maíeusis, “delivery (act of giving birth)”) + -phobia.

Usage

Questions

What does maieusiophobia mean?: Morbid dread of childbirth.
Where does maieusiophobia come from?: From Ancient Greek μαίευσις (maíeusis, “delivery (act of giving birth)”) + -phobia.

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