astrapo-, astrap-

(Greek: lightning; the Greek verb strapto means "to hurl")

astraphobia, astrapophobia (s) (noun); astraphobias, astrapophobias (pl)
A horrific fear of the earsplitting, explosive clamor and bolts of bright lights from the sky: Astrapophobia presents an air of terrifying finality, like the clap of doom, and some people tremble at the thought of being struck by lightning, and therefore they have a horror of thunderstorms.
A man is terribly afraid of lightening.
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astraphobiac, astrapophobiaiac (s) (noun); astraphobiacs, astrapophobiaiacs (pl)
A person who has an abnormal fear of streaks of flashes from the sky: There are astrapophobiacs who fear lightning so much that they will not go outdoors on a day when rain is forecast.

Here lies a man who was killed by lightning.

He died when his prospects seemed to be brightening.

—Seen on a British tombstone.
astrapomancy (s) (noun) (no pl)
Divination, or fortune telling, by observing and interpreting lightning_ During the thunder storm and believing in astrapomancy, Adam was out on his balcony watching the lightning in the sky and hoping to find out if he was going to pass the final exam the following day.
astrapomania (s) (noun); astrapomanias (pl)
An unusually strong fascination or crazy desire to see lightening and thunder storms.
astrapomaniac (s) (noun); astrapomaniacs (pl)
Any one who has an unusual fondness for or a strong attraction to lightning: Astrapomaniacs had better hope that lightning does not have an attraction to them!
Astrapotherium magnum (Great Lightning Beast)
An extinct South American mammal which vaguely resembled a cross between a small elephant, and a very large tapir.

Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "lightning and/or thunder": bronto-; cerauno-, kerauno-; fulgur-; tonitro-, tonitru-.