lilapsophobia
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek λαῖλαψ (laîlaps, “hurricane”) + -o- + -phobia
Noun
lilapsophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes.
- 2014, Christopher Cortman, Harold Shinitzky, Laurie-Ann O'Connor, Take Control of Your Anxiety: A Drug-Free Approach to Living a Happy, Healthy Life:
- Sophie lost everything she owned in a tornado and now suffers from lilapsophobia—fear of tornadoes—so she re-located from Oklahoma to Florida.
- 2016, John Tyrrell, “Site Investigations of Tornado Events”, in Robert K. Doe, editor, Extreme Weather: Forty Years of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO), page 98:
- This sometimes results in lilapsophobia (the fear of tornadoes and hurricanes) which is expressed as an ongoing fear that any storms will become severe.
- 2019, Calle J. Brookes, chapter 102, in Holding the Truth:
- Jake listened as the newscaster reported a tornado approaching their general area from the southwestern corner of the county. She jumped and paled. “The storm!”
He'd seen people with severe fears of storms before. But at the terror in her eyes, he knew it went deeper than that. […] Lilapsophobia was a very real condition.