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geliophobia

geliophobia noun: fear of laughter.

Noun

geliophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of laughter.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:geliophobia.

geliophobia meaning in Tamil

geliophobia in Tamil

சிரிப்பு வெருளி

Origin of geliophobia

From Ancient Greek γελοῖος (geloîos, “ludicrous”) and φόβος (phóbos, “fear”). Analyzable as gelio- + -phobia.

Questions about geliophobia

What does geliophobia mean?
Geliophobia means fear of laughter.
What is geliophobia in Tamil?
Geliophobia in Tamil is சிரிப்பு வெருளி. See Geliophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is geliophobia?
Geliophobia is a noun.

Words near geliophobia in the dictionary

  1. Gelineau
  2. Gelineaus
  3. Geling
  4. gelinotte
  5. gelinottes
  6. geliophobia
  7. gelisol
  8. gelisols
  9. gelistagnic
  10. gelivable
  11. gell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geliophobia (page history and authors); geliophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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