Wednesday, March 03, 2010

WORD OF THE DAY



This week's word comes from page 58 of The Deep Range by Arthur C Clarke.


astrophobia is a noun meaning a fear of stars and space. In Arthur Clarke's book one of the characters had a very bad experience while traveling in space as a spaceship commander and developed astrophobia.

astro comes from the Greek astron which means star.
phobia comes from the Greek phobos which means fear.

My sentence: The young woman was getting counseling to overcome her astrophobia because she wanted to become an astronaut.

Please contribute a sentence in the comments.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:16 PM

    My sentence: The fact that I have astrophobia does not prevent me from wishing upon a star.

    From A to Z

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  2. Dear A to Z,

    Your sentence is delightful. I think it is your best one yet!

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