Thread: Lemurophobia?
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Old 12-05-2017, 08:58 AM   #6
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Default Re: Lemurophobia?

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
That doesn't seem quite elegant; I'd think there would be an actual Greek word for walking corpses and the like. On the other hand, "lemur" has a Latin root and a Greek suffix. Still, if this is an attested existing word, it would be the one to use.
On top of that, "Lemurophobia" makes me think "fear of lemurs", those house cat-sized arboreal Madagascar primates that are a step below monkeys... :)
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