hydrophobic
adj/haɪdɹəˈfəʊbɪk/UK/haɪdɹəˈfoʊbɪk/US
Etymology
From hydrophobia + -ic.
- derived from ὑδροφοβία
- derived from hydrophobia
- inherited from idroforbia
Definitions
Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies).
Lacking an affinity for water
Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water.
The neighborhood
- antonymhydrophilicantonym(s) of “lacking an affinity for water”
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hydrophobic. 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