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phobic

[foh-bik]

pho·bic

[foh-bik]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a phobia or phobias.
noun
2.
a person suffering from a phobia.

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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 printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1895–1900; phob(ia) + -ic, or by abstraction from adjectives ending in -phobic

non·pho·bic, adjective
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-phobic

a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -phobe: acrophobic; photophobic.

Origin:
-phobe + -ic
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phobic (ˈfəʊbɪk)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, or arising from a phobia
 
n
2.  a person suffering from a phobia

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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.

  1. Having a fear of or an aversion for: photophobic.

  2. Lacking an affinity for: lyophobic.

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