Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentaphilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-taphil-ia
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

love of the number 5

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"pentaphilia, or an unholy love of the number five"
"As analysis proceeded, pentaphilia came under pressure from complexity. In writing about powerlessness, the five broke right open and became (temporarily) 12"
"2016 Nereidalbel Re: "No Bite" Disad anywhere? Steve Jackson Games Forums Going by the same pattern as Weak Bite, it should be -6. Rounding it off to -5 satisfies pentaphilia better, though."

Etymology

From penta- + -philia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: penta-
Suffix: -philia

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

pentaphilic

Questions

What does pentaphilia mean?: love of the number 5
Where does pentaphilia come from?: From penta- + -philia.

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