ovophobia

ovophobia noun: the irrational fear of eggs.

Noun

ovophobia (uncountable)

(rare) The irrational fear of eggs.
- In my Favorite Sin's case, extreme ovophobia would be the cause.1999 September 13, E*Borg Someday We'll All Assimilate This Way, “Long Pointless Rant to get something off my chest.”, in alt.callahans (Usenet)
- Phobics can choose to cope, even in bizarre ways, with their problem. Actors working for Alfred Hitchcock, to take just one example, would tell each other that the one sure way to drive him out of his mind was to stub out a cigarette in an eggshell, as he was phobic about eggs (suffering from...2011, Terry Prone, The Fear Factor, Dublin: Londubh, page 22

Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1963 film The Birds terrified ornithophobics, hated eggs (ovophobia).2013, Daniel Allen, The Nature Magpie: A Cornucopia of Facts, Anecdotes, Folklore and Literature From the Natural World, London: Icon...
Mine is ovophobia: I have an irrational fear of eggs, particularly the hard-boiled variety.2017, Killian Fox, The Gannet's Gastronomic Miscellany, London: Mitchell Beazley, page 136:

From ovo- (“egg”) + -phobia (“fear”).

What does ovophobia mean?: Ovophobia means the irrational fear of eggs.
How do you use ovophobia in a sentence?: Alfred Hitchcock, whose 1963 film The Birds terrified ornithophobics, hated eggs (ovophobia).
What part of speech is ovophobia?: Ovophobia is a noun.

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