Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhypophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rhy-popho-bia
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The fear of defecation.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ῥύπος
Suffix: phobia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does rhypophobia mean?: The fear of defecation.
Where does rhypophobia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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