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porphyrophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
por-phy-ro-pho-bia
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of the color purple.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple”) + -phobia.

Usage

Derived Forms

porphyrophobic

Questions

What does porphyrophobia mean?
The fear of the color purple.
Where does porphyrophobia come from?
From Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple”) + -phobia.

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