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hydrophobe

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French hydrophobe, from Latin hydrophobus, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφόβος (hudrophóbos), from ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear, dread”).

  1. derived from ὑδροφόβος
  2. derived from hydrophobus
  3. borrowed from hydrophobe

Definitions

  1. A hydrophobic compound or material.

  2. Someone who is affected by hydrophobia (a fear or aversion to water).

    • The shock of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and in a moment the poor little hydrophobes were spluttering in the pond: […]

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Derived

hydrophobin, superhydrophobe

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydrophobe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA