hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Syllables: hip·po·po·to·mon·stro·ses·qui·pe·dal·i·o·pho·bi·a/ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia noun: the fear of long words.
Noun
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (uncountable)
- The fear of long words.
- Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.
- However, we assume that despite the best endeavours of science, some phobias will always remain. These include paraskavedekatriaphobia, or fear of Friday the 13th. And hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is fear of long words.2002 April 19, anonymous author, The Scotsman, page 13
- Synonyms:
- sesquipedalophobia
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit and Malay
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Hindi
- the fear of long words
- लम्बे शब्दों का भय lambe śabdõ kā bhay
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Tamil
- நீளமான சொற்களன் மீதான பயம்
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Sanskrit
- the fear of long words
- दीर्घशब्दभयः dīrghaśabdabhayaḥ
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Malay
- the fear of long words
- hipopotomonstroseskuipedaliofobia
Synonyms of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
Forms of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
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Origin of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
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.
Words that rhyme with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
- aerophobia
- gerontophobia
- homophobia
- hydrophobia
- -phobia
- agoraphobia
- bathophobia
- Francophobia
- phobia
- radiophobia
- uxorophobia
- xanthophobia
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- xenophobia
- ablutophobia
- acephobia
- acousticophobia
- acrophobia
- adverbophobia
- agraphobia
- aibohphobia
- aichmophobia
- algophobia
- altophobia
- amathophobia
- amaxophobia
- ambulophobia
- androphobia
- anthophobia
- aphobia
- apiphobia
- arachibutyrophobia
- arachnophobia
- astraphobia
- astrophobia
- aviatophobia
- aviophobia
- bacillophobia
- batrachophobia
- botanophobia
- brontophobia
- bryobia
- cacophobia
- cancerphobia
- carcinophobia
- claustrophobia
- clinophobia
- clithrophobia
- coulrophobia
- cynophobia
- decidophobia
- emetophobia
- epistolophobia
- erotophobia
- eurotophobia
- gephyrophobia
- graphophobia
- gymnophobia
- gynophobia
- heliophobia
- hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia
Questions about hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
- What does hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia mean?
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means the fear of long words.
- What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Hindi?
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in Hindi is लम्बे शब्दों का भय (lambe śabdõ kā bhay). See Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
- Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is pronounced /ˌhɪ.pəˌpɒ.tə(ʊ)ˈmɒn.stɹə(ʊ)ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˌdɑːl.ɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ (UK).
Words near hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (page history and authors); hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (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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