hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

长单词恐惧症

发音

UK /ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/

别名

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fear of long words.

    长单词恐惧症

    幽默 不可数

    Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.

词源

From 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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