Meanings
nounmusophobia (uncountable)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fear of mice (and rats).
Similar
murophobiasuriphobia
Origin
- Ancient Greekμῦς“mouse”
- Latinmūs“mouse”
- Englishmusophobia
From Latin mūs (“mouse”) or Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + -phobia.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch musofobie, murifobie
- musofobiefear of mice (and rats)
- murifobiefear of mice (and rats)
- murofobiefear of mice (and rats)
- surifobiefear of mice (and rats)
French musophobie
- musophobiefear of mice (and rats)
German Musophobie
- Musophobiefear of mice (and rats)
Hungarian musofóbia
- musofóbiafear of mice (and rats)
Italian musofobia, murofobia
- musofobiafear of mice (and rats)
- murofobiafear of mice (and rats)
- muridofobiafear of mice (and rats)
- surifobiafear of mice (and rats)
Portuguese musofobia
- musofobiafear of mice (and rats)
Cite this entry
APA
musophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musophobia
MLA
“musophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “musophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/musophobia.
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