eurotophobia

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English

Etymology

From Eurotas (a river) +‎ -phobia. The reason for the association of the river with female genitalia is obscure to modern readers.

Noun

eurotophobia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Fear of the female genitals.
    • 2015, Valeria P. Babini, Chiara Beccalossi, Lucy Riall, Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 1789-1914:
      In the judgement of Guido Almansi, sexuality in the sonnets in Roman dialect is haunted by blennorrhea and eurotophobia, and is thus a wholly negative thing.