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triskaidekaphobia|ˌtrɪskaɪdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə| Also triske-, -decaphobia. [f. Gr. τρεῖσκαιδεκα thirteen + -phobia.] Fear of the number thirteen.
1911I. H. Coriat Abnormal Psychol. ii. vi. 287 Fear of the number thirteen (triskaidekaphobia). 1953N.Y. Times 8 Nov. e2 A discussion in the U.N. last week on the number of members on a committee raised the question of triskaidekaphobia. 1967Daily Tel. 14 Jan. 18/8 Thirteen people, pledged to eliminate triskaidecaphobia, fear of the number 13, today tried to reassure American sufferers by renting a 13ft plot of land in Brooklyn for 13 cents (10½d) a month. 1976Sunday Mail Color Mag. (Brisbane) 1 Aug. 7/1 Mrs. Ratcliffe suffers from triskedekaphobia..the name psychologists have given for an inexplicable dread of a Friday falling on the 13th of the month. 1979Guardian 13 July 11/6 I'm tempted to diagnose triskaidekaphobia or allergy to 13. |