hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fear of long words. humorous,uncountable
    — Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.

词形变化

hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia alternative

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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