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-phobic
-phobic
a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe: acrophobic; photophobic.
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-phobic
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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World English Dictionary
| -phobe | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating a person or thing that fears or hates: Germanophobe; xenophobe | |
| [from Greek -phobos fearing] | |
| -phobic | |
| —adj combining form | |
| -phobia | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating an extreme abnormal fear of or aversion to: acrophobia; claustrophobia | |
| [via Latin from Greek, from phobos fear] | |
| -phobic | |
| —adj combining form | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
-phobic or -phobous
suff.
Having a fear of or an aversion for: photophobic.
Lacking an affinity for: lyophobic.
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