colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman) (11/05/84)
> > (***triskadecaphobic: Someone with an irrational fear of the number 13.) > > (Sorry.) Actually it's 'triskadekaphobic' (note spelling) and the forms are: > 'triskadekaphobe' -- one who is afraid of the number 13 (noun) > 'triskadekaphobic' -- afraid of the number 13 (adj.) > 'triskadekaphobia' -- fear of the number 13 (noun) > though I imagine that 'triskadekaphobic' could be a parallel construction to > 'paraplegic' et al. "Deca" is an accepted variant of "deka"; in particular, the metric system uses "deca." I have also seen "triskai-"; "kai" is Greek for "and." -- Col. G. L. Sicherman ...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel