4 July 2015

coulrophobia

[kool-ruh-foh-bee-uh]

noun
1. an abnormal fear of clowns.

Origin of coulrophobia

Greek

1980-1985; coulro- (perhaps < Greek kolon limb; with sense of ‘stilt-walker’, hence ‘clown’) + -phobia

Related forms
coulrophobic, adjective, noun

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Anagram

oh lop caribou

Today’s quote

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

– Archibald MacLeish

On this day

4 July 1943 – birth of Alan Wilson. American guitarist and singer-songwriter for Canned Heat. Died 3 September 1970.

4 July 1991 – Dr Victor Chang, a Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon is shot dead during a failed extortion attempt. Chang pioneered heart transplants. He was born on 21 November 1936.