

Definitions hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia noun The fear of long words, ironically. It is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words. ''Ben is a sufferer of a mild form of Translations: German: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie

Spanish: hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia Etymology: From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum "monster" and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus, intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared; combined with phobia. The word consists of 35 letters.



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