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ichthyophobic

ichthyophobic adjective: of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.

Adjective

ichthyophobic (comparative more ichthyophobic, superlative most ichthyophobic)

  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.
    • We are unaccomplished in open-water swimming for this very reason. Because, as we mentioned in an earlier chapter, we are ichthyophobic. And although we have never actually seen any fish up close and personal in their natural environment, we know they are there.1993, Tom Raabe, Sports for the Athletically Impaired, Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 190

Forms of ichthyophobic

comparativemore ichthyophobic
superlativemost ichthyophobic

Origin of ichthyophobic

From ichthyo- + -phobic.

Questions about ichthyophobic

What does ichthyophobic mean?
Ichthyophobic means of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.
What part of speech is ichthyophobic?
Ichthyophobic is an adjective.

Words near ichthyophobic in the dictionary

  1. ichthyophile
  2. ichthyophiles
  3. ichthyophobe
  4. ichthyophobes
  5. ichthyophobia
  6. ichthyophobic
  7. ichthyophthalmite
  8. ichthyophthiriases
  9. ichthyophthiriasis
  10. ichthyoplanktological
  11. ichthyoplanktologist

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