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Triskaidekaphobia - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Triskaidekaphobia : (noun)
1: a morbid fear of the number 13
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Triskaidekaphobia : 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. Based on treiskaideka, the Greek word for thirteen _ phobia, fear of = a fear of thirteen.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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