blennophobia
English
noun
Definitions
- (very) The irrational fear of slime.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek βλέννος (mucus, slime), φόβος (fear, panic flight, phobia).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φόβος
Gloss
fear, panic flight, phobia
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
😨 😱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -phobic English
- gelotophobia English
- melophobia English
- fobofobia Finnish
- -phobus Latin
- ablutio Latin
- claustrum Latin
- phobia Latin
- Phobie German
- -phobie French
- phobie French
- -φοβία Ancient Greek
- Δηΐφοβος Ancient Greek
- βλέννος Ancient Greek
- τρῦπα Ancient Greek
- φέβομαι Ancient Greek
- φόβος Ancient Greek
- ἄφοβος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποφοβάς Ancient Greek
- ὁμίχλη Ancient Greek
- *bʰegʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- fobia Portuguese
- fobia Polish
- -fob Norwegian Nynorsk
- fobi Norwegian Nynorsk
- -fóbach Irish
- φόβος Greek (modern)