This week’s theme
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This week’s words
jactancy
oryzivorous
gaminesque
twiforked
amaxophobia

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(uh-mak-suh-FOH-bee-uh)

MEANING:

noun: The fear of riding in a vehicle.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek hamaxa (wagon) + -phobia (fear).

USAGE:

“The poor woman is scared to death ... Anne must have seen the same thing in her rearview mirror. ‘Great,’ she said just loud enough for Mary Helen to hear, “not only are we driving Miss Daisy, but we are driving Miss Daisy with amaxophobia.”
Carol Anne O’Marie; The Corporal Works of Murder; St Martin’s Press; 2003.

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