araneophobe
araneophobe noun: synonym of arachnophobe.
Noun
araneophobe (plural araneophobes)
- Synonym of arachnophobe.
- Headlamp gleaming, he [Willis J. Gertsch] has spent nights searching for specimens [of spiders] in such unlikely places as high-altitude peaks in the Rocky Mountains, Mexican deserts alive with scorpions, and a tropic island in the Panama Canal Zone. This sort of thing has been going on for more...1955 November 12, William E. Oriol, “Who’s Afraid Of Spiders?: Many People Are, But Not This Ramsey Scientist, Who Is Fascinated By Them”, in Bergen Evening Record, volume 61, number 136, Hackensack...
- Spiders are all predatory, some even cannibalistic; they may be grotesque, even hideous to look at – although some are extraordinarily beautiful. But they are also artisans, and it is this trait which captivates the interest of the most hardened araneophobe.1976, Barbara York Main, Spiders (The Australian Naturalist Library), Sydney: William Collins Publishers, →ISBN, page 12
- Synonyms:
- arachnophobe
Examples of araneophobe in a sentence
- To the general public, araneophobes all (just plain scared of spiders), such devotion is incomprehensible.1955 November 12, William E. Oriol, “Who’s Afraid Of Spiders?: Many People Are, But Not This Ramsey Scientist, Who Is Fascinated By Them”...
- All the hairy legs around him made him uncomfortable, as he was a bit of an araneophobe.2009, Jim Musgrave, “The Web of Love”, in The Mayan Magician and Other Stories, San Diego, Calif.: CIC Publishers, →ISBN, page 234:
Synonyms of araneophobe
Forms of araneophobe
| plural | araneophobes |
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Origin of araneophobe
From araneo- + -phobe. Piecewise doublet of arachnophobe.
Questions about araneophobe
- What does araneophobe mean?
- Araneophobe means synonym of arachnophobe.
- How do you use araneophobe in a sentence?
- To the general public, araneophobes all (just plain scared of spiders), such devotion is incomprehensible.
- What part of speech is araneophobe?
- Araneophobe is a noun.
- What is the plural of araneophobe?
- The plural of araneophobe is araneophobes.
Words near araneophobe in the dictionary
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