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papyrophobia en · NOUN

Etymology

From papyro- + -phobia (“fear, loathing”), from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros, “papyrus, paper”).

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) Fear or hatred of paper.
    • Of this papyrophobia... I was cured long ago. 1790, James Beattie, Elements of Moral Science, volume I, page 281: