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friggatriskaidekaphobia

friggatriskaidekaphobia noun: the fear of Friday the thirteenth.

Noun

friggatriskaidekaphobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of Friday the thirteenth.
    • The fear of Friday the thirteenth, or friggatriskaidekaphobia, takes the thirteen superstition to a whole new level.2012, R. W. A. Mitchell, Ask a Little-Learn a Lot: How Questions Change Everything, iUniverse, published 2012, →ISBN, page 90
    • Friggatriskaidekaphobia is probably the most common superstition in the United States; according to researchers, it affects 17 to 21 million people.2013, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias, Zest Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 186

Synonyms of friggatriskaidekaphobia

Origin of friggatriskaidekaphobia

From Frigga (an English variant of Old Norse Frigg, the Norse goddess for whom Friday was named) + triskaideka- + -phobia.

Questions about friggatriskaidekaphobia

What does friggatriskaidekaphobia mean?
Friggatriskaidekaphobia means the fear of Friday the thirteenth.
What part of speech is friggatriskaidekaphobia?
Friggatriskaidekaphobia is a noun.

Words near friggatriskaidekaphobia in the dictionary

  1. frigerators
  2. friges
  3. frigg
  4. frigg up
  5. Frigga
  6. friggatriskaidekaphobia
  7. frigged
  8. frigged around
  9. frigged off
  10. frigged up
  11. frigger

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