We all have some measure of irrational fear that appears to defy most explanation. If you fear amphibians - frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. - then this is your word. .
DEFINITION:
Fear of frogs, newts, etc. (amphibians in general)
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
First recorded in 1953 in the Psychiatric Dictionary
Latin (batracho- "frogs, toads, newts" + -phobia "fear of")
PRONUNCIATION:
[bat"ra-ko-fo'bi-a]
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SCRABBLE SCORE:
28, woohoo!
USAGE AND EXAMPLES
Wobber Wiley went white and all fainty whenever he passed by Frank and, oddly, he seemed to have developed both a fondness for eating bugs and BATRACHOPHOBIA – a fear of amphibians.
--Frank Davies and the Amazing Frog Catapult
Rohan Clifford, 2014
There's an easy way to find out if you have BATRACHOPHOBIA . Just go out and look for a frog. If you get the shakes when you find one, you have Batrachophobia— an irrational fear of frogs.
--Communication Arts Magazine
Coyne & Blanchard, 1970
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Wow, I thought it meant fear of acne from bacteria.
She lookes into the mirror with batrachophobia.
...or fear of bats with acne.