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blennophobe

blennophobe noun: a person who has blennophobia.

Noun

blennophobe (plural blennophobes)

  1. (rare) A person who has blennophobia.
    • If the thought of crab-walking with an oozing, mucous-like mud sucking at your boots and gloves makes you think that caving might not be the sport for you, you might be a blennophobe, someone who is afraid of slime.2005, Terry Owens, Extreme Marriage Mastering the Ever-Changing, Life-Long Adventure, page 220
    • 'Welcome,' he oozes, and it's perhaps as well I'm no blennophobe because he's one slimy fuckbucket.2010, Bill Thunder, The Bastardizer, page 31

Forms of blennophobe

pluralblennophobes

Origin of blennophobe

From Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucus, slime”) + -phobe, from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Questions about blennophobe

What does blennophobe mean?
Blennophobe means a person who has blennophobia.
What part of speech is blennophobe?
Blennophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of blennophobe?
The plural of blennophobe is blennophobes.

Words near blennophobe in the dictionary

  1. blenno-
  2. blennogenic
  3. blennogenous
  4. blennoid
  5. blennoids
  6. blennophobe
  7. blennophobes
  8. blennophobia
  9. blennorrhagia
  10. blennorrhagias
  11. blennorrhagic

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