triskaidekaphobic means suffering from triskaidekaphobia. It carries an Arena rating of 1326, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, triskaidekaphobic ranks #1,162 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,006 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #4,134 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #9,483 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound.
Why “triskaidekaphobic” is a great word
Suffering from an irrational dread of the number thirteen. From the Greek triskaideka- ("thirteen", from treis, "three", and kai, "and", plus deka, "ten") and -phobic ("fearing", from Greek -phobos, "fear"). Unlike "superstitious"—a broad credulity about luck and omens—or "paraskevidekatriaphobic" (which dreads only the conjunction of Friday and the thirteenth), triskaidekaphobic describes a precise and numeric terror. It is the flinch at a lone thirteen on a door, the skipped floor in an elevator's panel, and the quiet, private recalculation that turns twelve guests into a perceived omen—a testament to the mind's capacity to forge a prison from a neutral symbol.
Etymology
From triskaideka- + -phobic.
adj
- Suffering from triskaidekaphobia
noun
- Someone who suffers from triskaidekaphobia
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