hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
The fear of long wordsThe fear of long words.
Meaning
1 senses(humorous, uncountable)The fear of long words.
Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie, Sesquipedalophobie
гиппопотомонстросескиппедалофо́бияgippopotomonstroseskippedalofóbija, боя́знь дли́нных словbojáznʹ dlínnyx slov
Translations
8 languagesOrigin
From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, in turn an extension of sesquipedalian with ad hoc coFrom hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, in turn an extension of sesquipedalian with ad hoc combining forms of Latin monstrum (“monster”) and hippopotamus (intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared), + -phobia.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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