snakephobia
snakephobia noun: fear of snakes.
Noun
snakephobia (uncountable)
- Fear of snakes.
- His mother “never could abide” the serpent; its Freischutzian tones were unearthly in the old lady’s ears, and seemed to fret her bowels into fiddle strings, and positively turn her inside out, as the old lady declared just before her death, which occurrence was doubtless hastened by the violence...1839 October, William E[vans] Burton, “Mister Richard Doddicombe”, in Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and American Monthly Review, volume V, number IV, Philadelphia, Pa., page 176
- Death from Snakephobia.—The Tampa Peninsular (Fla.) of the 19th ult. says that Mrs. Sealy, of that vicinity, died under the following extraordinary circumstances:—About two weeks previous to her death, a small garter snake made its way through the floor of the residence and wrapped itself around...1858 January 4, The Sun, volume LXII, number 44, Baltimore, Md.
- Synonyms:
- ophidiophobia, ophiophobia, snake fear, snake-fright
Examples of snakephobia in a sentence
- Death from Snakephobia.—The Tampa Peninsular (Fla.) of the 19th ult. says that Mrs.1858 January 4, The Sun, volume LXII, number 44, Baltimore, Md.:
- Everywhere they met with the same unreasonable snakephobia, distinguishing characteristic of femininity.1928 July 8, “Lizards and Snakes for Gowns, Gloves and Automobile Cushions; Eight Thousand Java Lizards Trapped in the Island Jungle, and...
- One person may have snakephobia, another ratphobia ,and still another may have ghostphobia.1946 June 26, Arlie B. Davidson, “Living Today”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, 118th year, number 177, Montgomery, Ala., page four:
- At the station estaminet (bar) we had a few brandies and completely forgot the snakephobia.”1953 December 11, “Localite Writes of Adventure in Spain”, in San Francisco Examiner, volume CLXXXXIX, number 164, San Francisco, Calif....
Synonyms of snakephobia
Forms of snakephobia
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Origin of snakephobia
From snake + -phobia.
Questions about snakephobia
- What does snakephobia mean?
- Snakephobia means fear of snakes.
- How do you use snakephobia in a sentence?
- Death from Snakephobia.—The Tampa Peninsular (Fla.) of the 19th ult. says that Mrs.
- What part of speech is snakephobia?
- Snakephobia is a noun.
Words near snakephobia in the dictionary
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