melissophobia

noun

me·lis·so·pho·bia mə-ˌli-sō-ˈfō-bē-ə How to pronounce melissophobia (audio)

: intense fear or dislike of bees : apiphobia

I understand my son's fear. I suffer from melissophobia myself. That's the scientific term for a fear of bees …

Tom Henderson

melissophobe

mə-ˈli-sō-ˌfōb How to pronounce melissophobia (audio)

noun

or melissophobic

mə-ˌli-sō-ˈfō-bik How to pronounce melissophobia (audio)

plural melissophobes or melissophobics

Many root and leafy vegetables (carrots, beets, lettuce, cabbage, etc.) are good choices for melissophobes because gardeners never let these vegetables flower either: we harvest them before they have time to do so!

Larry Hodgson

melissophobic adjective

… back then I mostly just learned to run away from bees, and as a melissophobic child, stinging insects deterred me from really getting into the agricultural arts.

Laura Furster

Word History

Etymology

Greek mélissa, mélitta "bee" (perhaps going back to *melit-i̯a, derivative of melit-, méli "honey") + -phobia — more at mellifluous

Note: Greek mélissa has alternatively been treated as haplology from *melí-likh-i̯a "honey-licking," parallel to Sanskrit madhu-lih- "bee," literally, "honey licker."

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

单词	melissophobia
释义	melissophobia noun me·lis·so·pho·bia mə-ˌli-sō-ˈfō-bē-ə : intense fear or dislike of bees : apiphobia I understand my son's fear. I suffer from melissophobia myself. That's the scientific term for a fear of bees … Tom Henderson melissophobe mə-ˈli-sō-ˌfōb noun or melissophobic mə-ˌli-sō-ˈfō-bik plural melissophobes or melissophobics Many root and leafy vegetables (carrots, beets, lettuce, cabbage, etc.) are good choices for melissophobes because gardeners never let these vegetables flower either: we harvest them before they have time to do so! Larry Hodgson melissophobic adjective … back then I mostly just learned to run away from bees, and as a melissophobic child, stinging insects deterred me from really getting into the agricultural arts. Laura Furster Word History Etymology Greek mélissa, mélitta "bee" (perhaps going back to melit-i̯a, derivative of melit-, méli* "honey") + -phobia — more at mellifluous Note: Greek mélissa has alternatively been treated as haplology from melí-likh-i̯a "honey-licking," parallel to Sanskrit madhu-lih-* "bee," literally, "honey licker." First Known Use 1875, in the meaning defined above
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