melissophobia

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
13

Definition of melissophobia

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (rare, uncountable)A morbid fear of bees.
    “I then explain that the intruder was preplanned and that he has a phobia: Melissophobia, the intense fear of bees.”
    “My anxieties about bees border on melissophobia.”
    “"I have melissophobia." "You have melissa-what-ia!?" asked Gautham. "Melissophobia, a fear of bees," explained Prajith.”

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”) + -phobia. By surface analysis, melisso- + -phobia.

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