Meanings
- uncountableThe fear of frogs, or both frogs and toads.First known use 20th c.
Now, you have no reason to suffer from ranidophobia – the fear of frogs.
2001 May 22, Kathy Antoniotti, “Make a frog from papier machie and Styrofoam”, in Rome News-Tribune, page T12 more examples
One published case documented a woman who developed ranidaphobia, as it is known, after running over a knot of frogs with a lawn-mower.
2013, Nick Haslam, “What are phobias?”, in The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 231However Marinaccio's ranidaphobia may soon be quieted, as Clarence, N.Y., recently awarded him a $1.6 million settlement after he sued both the town and development firm Kieffer Enterprises for diverting the water runoff from a nearby development onto his land.
2013 April 10, Derek Prall, “Man sues town over plague of frogs”, in American City & County, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2013Synonyms: batrachophobia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fear of frogs, or both frogs and toads.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰógʷos
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰógʷos
- Ancient Greekφόβος (phóbos)
- Englishranidaphobia
From Translingual Ranidae + English -phobia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ranidafobia
- ranidafobiafear of frogs and toads
German Ranidaphobie
- Ranidaphobiefear of frogs and toads
Turkish ranidafobi
- ranidafobifear of frogs and toads
Cite this entry
ranidaphobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranidaphobia
“ranidaphobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranidaphobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ranidaphobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ranidaphobia.
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