"chronomentrophobia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) and, in the rarer form without the n (see Citations:chronometrophobia), μέτρον (métron, “measure”) (compare English chronometer (“device for measuring time”)), whereas in this form claimed in phobia lists to be from Latin -mentum (“means of, instrument, medium”), which, however, does not explain the r, thus likely originated as a misspelling; + -phobia. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|χρόνος||time}} Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), {{der|en|la|-mentum|t=means of, instrument, medium}} Latin -mentum (“means of, instrument, medium”), {{suffix|en||phobia}} + -phobia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chronomentrophobia (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The fear of timepieces. Tags: rare, uncountable
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