English Explanatory Dictionary

chronomentrophobia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The fear of timepieces.

Word forms

chronomentrophobia chronometrophobia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) and, in the rarer form without the n (chronometrophobia), μέτρον (métron, “measure”) (compare English chronometer (“device for measuring time”)), whereas in this form claimed in phobia lists to be from Latin -mentum (“means of, instrument, medium”), which, however, does not explain the r, thus likely originated as a misspelling; + -phobia.

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