triskaidekaphobia

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a morbid fear of the number 13

Word Origin

triskaidekaphobia (n.)
"fear of the number 13," 1908, also triskaidecaphobia, from Greek treiskaideka, triskaideka "thirteen" (from treis "three" + deka "ten") + -phobia "fear."