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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scotophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sco-to-pho-bia
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Fear of darkness.

Uncountable

noun

Fear or hatred of Scotland.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English scoto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English scotophobia From scoto- + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Scottophobia (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

scotophobe scotophobic

Synonyms

nyctophobia

Questions

What does scotophobia mean?
Fear of darkness.
Where does scotophobia come from?
Etymology tree English scoto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English scotophobia From scoto- + -phobia.

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