Meanings
- uncountableThe fear of Friday the thirteenth.
The fear of Friday the thirteenth, or friggatriskaidekaphobia, takes the thirteen superstition to a whole new level.
2012, R. W. A. Mitchell, Ask a Little-Learn a Lot: How Questions Change Everything, iUniverse, published 2012, →ISBN, page 902 more examples
Friggatriskaidekaphobia is probably the most common superstition in the United States; according to researchers, it affects 17 to 21 million people.
2013, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know About 50 Famous Phobias, Zest Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 186So I started Googling, and I found some interesting information about “friggatriskaidekaphobia.” (That's the actual term for the condition of the fear of Friday the thirteenth. […]
2013, Rachel Wise, Breaking News, Simon Spotlight, published 2013, →ISBN, page 2Synonyms: paraskavedekatriaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fear of Friday the thirteenth.
Origin
From Frigga (an English variant of Old Norse Frigg, the Norse goddess for whom Friday was named) + triskaideka- + -phobia.
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