| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| -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 | |
phobic pho·bic (fō'bĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, arising from, or having a phobia. n.
One who has a phobia.
-phobic or -phobous
suff.
Having a fear of or an aversion for: photophobic.
Lacking an affinity for: lyophobic.