ergophobia

Pronounced: er-guh-FOE-bee-uh, noun

Notes: When I ran across this word, I didn’t know what it meant, but I’ve learned it now


Yesterday’s word

The word apatetic means “having colors and forms like camoflage”

First usage

This word came into English in the late 1800s

Background / Comments

The word comes from a Greek word, apatētikos (fallacious; deceiving; misleading)

Published by Richard

Christian, lover-of-knowledge, Texan, and other things.

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