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nyctohylophobia

nyctohylophobia noun: the fear of dark forests or wooded areas.

Noun

nyctohylophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of dark forests or wooded areas.
    • Such was the great man's nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded places and forests) he divided his garden into a very formal area where he felt safer and rougher woodland of which he was fearful.2002, Country Life, volume 196, page 88
    • I didn't suffer from nyctohylophobia but if I did this would have been the time and place where I would have been reduced to a screaming pile of shot nerves on the forest floor.2008, Bill Wonders, Orion Too, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 131

Origin of nyctohylophobia

From nycto- + hylo- + -phobia.

Questions about nyctohylophobia

What does nyctohylophobia mean?
Nyctohylophobia means the fear of dark forests or wooded areas.
What part of speech is nyctohylophobia?
Nyctohylophobia is a noun.

Words near nyctohylophobia in the dictionary

  1. nyctitropism
  2. nycto-
  3. nyctograph
  4. nyctography
  5. nyctohemeral
  6. nyctohylophobia
  7. nyctophile
  8. nyctophiles
  9. nyctophilia
  10. nyctophiliac
  11. nyctophiliacs

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