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Dec. 19, 2014

mysophobia \mahy-suh-FOH-bee-uh\ noun 1. Psychiatry. a dread of dirt or filth. Quotes To a moderate degree he suffered from mysophobia, spending unusual time at his ablutions, teeth-cleaning, dressing, and in the care and arrangement of his clothes. -- Charles K. Mills, "Some Forms of Insanity and Quasi-Insanity in Children," The American Lancet, Volume XVII, 1893 Origin Mysophobia is a New Latin term from the late 1800s based on the Greek mýsos meaning "filth" and phobos meaning "fear."

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