spheksophobiaEtymologyFrom Ancient Greek σφήξ (sphḗx, “wasp”) + -phobia.spheksophobia means fear of wasps. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounFear of wasps.“A few episodes of harvesting ripe peaches and plums and getting viciously stung by the winged insects hiding inside the splitting fruit is more than sufficient to trigger a bout of spheksophobia, the fear of wasps.”