Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phengophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phen-go-pho-bia
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

aversion to daylight

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This new artificial 'pupil' can attenuate symptoms such as glare and phengophobia (Fig. 4)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φέγγος (phéngos, “light, glow”) + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: φέγγος
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does phengophobia mean?: aversion to daylight
Where does phengophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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