Pronounced: PUHL-yuh-late, verb
Notes: I thought this had to do with chickens, and I was both right and wrong
Yesterday’s word
The word ochophobia means “a fear or dislike of crowds”
Background
Probably everyone knows that -phobia means “fear” — it comes from Greek, as does the ochlos part, which means “mob”.
First usage
This word showed up in the late 1800s
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