Definitions
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treis, "three") + καί (kai, "and") + δέκα (deka, "ten") + -phobia. (Wiktionary)
- Greek treiskaideka, thirteen (treis, three; + kai, and + deka, ten; see deca-) + phobia. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I was born on the 13th of December and decided to look up the word triskaidekaphobia because today is the 13th.”
“It's even led to a condition called triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13.”
“The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia Frigga is the name of the Norse goddess whom Friday is named after, and triskaidekaphobia means the fear of the number 13 or paraskevidekatriaphobia.”
The Huffington Post: Beverley Golden: Friday The 13th... Very Superstitious
“Some people are so obsessed that triskaidekaphobia was born -- the fear of the number 13.”
The Huffington Post: The 13 WEIRDEST Friday The 13th Superstitions (PHOTOS)
“A full-blown lifelong case of triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number thirteen.”
“There are lots of reasons suggested for triskaidekaphobia the fear of 13, with many ancient associations suggested - but the chances are it's a collection of historical coincidences.”
“After examining 47 million computerized death certificates, he found no spike in "white mortality" on the thirteenth of every month, a general date of alarm for superstitious people who suffer from triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).”
Ben Sherwood: Boo! Is Friday the 13th Really Hazardous to Your Health?
“The number 13 has many detractors, and triskaidekaphobia — the fear of the number 13 — is a very real thing.”
“This particular character is either the third or fifth Beetle, depending upon how one counts, and his new series is technically Volume SEVEN taking into account that Charlton Comics, notorious for changing the titles of existing books to get around postal statutes, had three different volumes of big Blue, so young Jamie Reyes has some pretty big shoes to fill. 13 is considered unlucky by many, but will this issue succumb to triskaidekaphobia?”
Blue Beetle #13 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
“Norse god of fire and deception with no triskaidekaphobia currently about to start second year of law school in Florida.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘triskaidekaphobia’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tyromancy, tyroma, tyroid, tyriasis, tyrannicide, typtology, typothetae, typomania, typography, typographia, typhonic, typhomania and 930 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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goodkitten's list
there is going to be a lot of words...
flammivomous, pep, electrolyzation, research, constrain, why, refrigerator, invisible, windblown, curate's egg, echoism, drumble and 103 more...
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Poe
dark descriptors
sepulchral, unutterable, decrepitude, abjection, abasement, lugubrious, moribund, recrudescence, prevaricator, doppelgänger, ululation, crepuscular and 11 more...
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Hobs
hob, hobby, hobbyhorse, hobnob, hobanob, hob and nob, Hob Collingwood, hobble, Calvin and Hobbes, hobbledygee, Hobby-lanthorn, hobbit and 41 more...
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phobias
acrophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, astrophobia, androphobia, claustrophobia, aquaphobia, genophobia, homophobia, haemophobia, monophobia, pyrophobia and 20 more...
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Misanthropic
Lovecraft, Lovecraftian, bete noire
Lovecraftian, bête noire, festinate, hathos, misogynist, foredoom, decorticate, malingerer, nemophilist, mendicant, pendragon, stultify and 27 more...
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PHOBIAS!!!!!!!
there are a lot of weird phobias and they are some really funny ones!!!!
Didaskaleinophobia, Geliophobia, Geumaphobia, Lachanophobia, Octophobia, Panophobia, Paraskavedekatria..., Pogonophobia, Thaasophobia, Xanthophobia, Barophobia, Bogyphobia and 17 more...
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Waffalage
waffle, confuzzled, boggle, aberrant, ploogie, kumquat, blether, witter, prattle, defenestrate, coprolite, rambutan and 14 more...
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Zodiac
various signs
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ecbrenner's list
flatline, luddism, apocalipstick, muttsucker, leviathan of fore..., flint, coryphaeus, donnybrook, bandwidth, bagpipe the mizen, cheesed off, asterism and 525 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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Dictionary.com Words of the Days of 1999
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emolument, palindrome, deprecate, bivouac, umbrage, incipient, dapple, pugnacious, capitulate, susurrus, thaumaturgy, capacious and 229 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1402 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for triskaidekaphobia.
CrazylilAllie well at least there isn't a 13 month with a 13 day. that would be horrible for someone with triskaidekaphobia! Sep 13, 2010
xiuxiu very stranger word！ Sep 8, 2010
Prolagus Fear not to receive your thirteenth. Dec 3, 2008
ag0991 It's paraskavedekatriaphobia that's the fear of Friday the 13th specifically. Dec 3, 2008
seanahan It was just fear of the number 13 Oct 18, 2008
super-rb according to the greeks it was fear of friday the 13th Oct 17, 2008
asativum Fear of falling off a ship after slipping on a square, baked whole-wheat wafer? Jan 27, 2008
brusselsprouts One of the more ludicrous phobias.... Jan 27, 2008