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hydrophobia

noun
/ˌhaɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/UK/ˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/US/ˌhɑe.dɹəˈfəʉ.bi.ə/

Etymology

From Middle English idroforbia (“hydrophobia”), from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), from ὑδρο- (hudro-), combining form of ῠ̔́δωρ (hŭ́dōr, “water”), + φοβία (phobía, “phobia”). The word is analysable as hydro- + -phobia.

  1. derived from ὑδροφοβία
  2. derived from hydrophobia
  3. inherited from idroforbia

Definitions

  1. An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies

    An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.

    • Now that I have breathed a little, I am anxious to know your opinion of the nature of that affection in the throat, which deprives a patient of the power of ſwallowing in conſequence of hydrophobia.
    • I myself knew a boy whose face was licked by a dog that was going mad, and who died of hydrophobia.

  2. A morbid fear of water

    A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia.

  3. A lack of affinity for water

    A lack of affinity for water; the quality of being hydrophobic

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Derived

hydrophobia cat, hydrophobia skunk, pseudohydrophobia

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hydrophobia. 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