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metrophobia

[ me-truh-foh-bee-uh ]

noun

  1. a strong dislike of or aversion to poetry.
  2. an irrational or disproportionate fear of poetry:

    Being forced to read John Donne's sonnets aloud in front of my English class gave me such bad metrophobia that I can't even look at greeting card poetry without getting sweaty palms and a dry mouth.

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð³Ù·°ù´Ç·±è³ó´Ç·²ú¾±³¦ adjective noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of metrophobia1

First recorded in 1985–90; metro- 1( def ) + -phobia

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