Pronounced: sigh-nuh-FOE-bee-uh, noun
Notes: Clearly, a fear (phobia) of some kind…
Yesterday’s word
The word corvine means “of or relating to the crows : resembling a crow”
Background / Comments
The word comes from Latin corvinus, which comes from corvus (raven). Interestingly, “raven” doesn’t come from this, but from Old English hrœfn, which is related to Old High German hraban.
First usage
This word goes back to the mid-1600s.
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