triskaidekaphobia
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Triskaidekaphobia — (from Greek tris=three, kai=and, deka=ten) is an irrational fear of the number 13; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.OriginsSome Christian traditions… … Wikipedia
triskaidekaphobia — fear of the number 13, 1911, from Gk. treiskaideka thirteen + phobia fear (see PHOBIA (Cf. phobia)) … Etymology dictionary
triskaidekaphobia — [tris΄kī dek΄ə fō′bē ə] n. [ModL < Gr triskaideka, thirteen (< treis,THREE + kai, and + deka,TEN) + phobia, PHOBIA] fear of the number 13 … English World dictionary
Triskaidekaphobia — Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia appeared in the early 1900s. It is not easy to pronounce unless one speaks Greek. From treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen + phobia,… … Medical dictionary
triskaidekaphobia — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek treiskaideka thirteen (from treis three + kai and + deka ten) + New Latin phobia more at three, ten Date: circa 1911 fear of the number 13 … New Collegiate Dictionary
triskaidekaphobia — triskaidekaphobic, adj. /tris kuy dek euh foh bee euh, tris keuh /, n. fear or a phobia concerning the number 13. [1910 15; < Gk triskaídeka thirteen + PHOBIA] * * * … Universalium
triskaidekaphobia — fear of the number thirteen Phobias … Phrontistery dictionary
triskaidekaphobia — n. abnormal fear of the number 13; state of being afraid of the number 13 (Psychiatry) … English contemporary dictionary
triskaidekaphobia — (triss kye deh kah FOH bee ah) [Greek] Fear of the number thirteen. The fact that Schoenberg was born on September 13, 1874, and was fervently triskaidekaphobic must have produced a sense of foreboding from childhood on. The New Criterion,… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
triskaidekaphobia — [ˌtrɪskʌɪdɛkə fəʊbɪə] noun extreme superstition regarding the number thirteen. Origin early 20th cent.: from Gk treiskaideka thirteen + phobia … English new terms dictionary
