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auroraphobia en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English aurora Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English auroraphobia From aurora + -phobia.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Fear of the northern lights.
    • He cured one white school teacher of acarophobia, or the fear of insects, and another of auroraphobia, or fear of the northern lights. 1981, Gerald Robert Vizenor, Earthdivers: tribal narratives on mixed descent, page 150: