mageiricophobia
Syllables: ma·gei·ri·co·pho·bia/mæˌd͡ʒaɪɹɪkəˈfoʊbiə/
mageiricophobia noun: fear of cooking, a powerful fear of preparing food.
Noun
mageiricophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of cooking, a powerful fear of preparing food.
- Our own feeling about thirteen, especially when joined with Friday, has added another to the long list of phobias; treiskaidekaphobia, or "fear of the number thirteen" (some of the other phobias are the well-known claustro-, acro-, and agora-, fear of being closed in, of heights, of open spaces...1965, Mario Pei, The Story of Language, page 254
- I was quite excited when I came across "mageiricophobia"—an intense fear of having to cook. Perhaps I wasn't just lazy after all—perhaps I had a phobia! It took no more than a half-minute of reasoning to shoot down that theory. My phobia, if there is one, is not fear but a series of lacks: lack of...2001, Hazel Josephine Barton, "Could I Have a Few Words with You?", A Wise Choice of Words, p. 355
Forms of mageiricophobia
| alternative form | mageirocophobia |
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Origin of mageiricophobia
From Ancient Greek μαγειρική (mageirikḗ, “culinary arts”) + -phobia (“morbid fear of”), equivalent to magirics + -phobia.
Questions about mageiricophobia
- What does mageiricophobia mean?
- Mageiricophobia means fear of cooking, a powerful fear of preparing food.
- What part of speech is mageiricophobia?
- Mageiricophobia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mageiricophobia?
- Mageiricophobia is pronounced /mæˌd͡ʒaɪɹɪkəˈfoʊbiə/.
Words near mageiricophobia in the dictionary
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