blennophobia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βλέννος (blénnos, “mucus, slime”) + -phobia, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Noun edit
blennophobia (uncountable)
- (very rare) The irrational fear of slime.
- 2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, Greystone Books, →ISBN, page 208:
- Oh, they seem to be the picture of contentment, tripping about with their triple-sanitized trowels and weeding forks, but in reality these neatniks are a seething cauldron of aversions. They're beset by blennophobia, the fear of slime, and spend long hours plotting the annihilation of slugs and snails.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “blennophobia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.