| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| triskaidekaphobia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tris·kai·dek·a·pho·bi·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr s k -d k -f  b -, trsk- |
| NOUN: | An abnormal fear of the number 13. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek treiskaideka, thirteen ( treis, three; see trei- in Appendix I + kai, and + deka, ten; see deca–) + phobia.
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