Meaning of pteridophobia | Babel Free

Definitions

The fear of ferns.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“The name of the bravery medal awarded to messenger pigeons during the Second World War, the fact that Andy Warhol only ever wore green underpants, the name of the personnel on that Tampa Red recording from 1946 or the amazing titbit that Sigmund Freud suffered from pteridophobia, a fear of ferns”

“The last time Stanley and I sat on the Spoon’s back porch, he’d photographed the ferns and wondered how anyone with pteridophobia (he informed me that meant a morbid fear of ferns) could live in the Pacific Northwest since ferns thrived in the sodden, dark, and mild climate.”

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