hypsophobia

English

Etymology

From hypso- +‎ -phobia.

Noun

hypsophobia (uncountable)

  1. Fear of heights.
    • 1967, Sue Kaufman, Diary of a Mad Housewife, page 94:
      Though I had more instructions, I was overcome by a huge dizzying wave of hypsophobia as I stared at him, his boots balanced on the narrow sill, his rear end dangling in outer space.

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