The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλαῖλαψ“hurricane”
- English todaylilapsophobia
From Ancient Greek λαῖλαψ (laîlaps, “hurricane”) + -o- + -phobia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lilapsophobia
Today it means: Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes. Full definition →
Ancient Greek λαῖλαψ