Lilapsophobia (noun)
lil-aps-o-fo-bee-a
An irrational or disproportionate fear of tornadoes or hurricanes.
In lilapsophobia, lilaps- comes from Ancient Greek laîlaps, meaning “violent storm.” Though laîlaps is also often translated as “hurricane,” the Mediterranean Sea does not have true hurricanes, which form in the tropics.
Example sentences
“Their lilapsophobia began to fade as the wind died down.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
