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parthenophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
partheno-pho-bia
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins

Uncountable

Etymology

From parthen- (“virgin”) + -o- + -phobia (“fear”).

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Questions

What does parthenophobia mean?
an irrational fear of girls, especially virgins
Where does parthenophobia come from?
From parthen- (“virgin”) + -o- + -phobia (“fear”).

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