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oenophobia

oenophobia noun: the fear or hatred of wine; anxiety related to wine.

Noun

oenophobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear or hatred of wine; anxiety related to wine.
    • You open it randomly, hit several pages devoted to "Cote de Nuits" alone, and go into advanced hypertensive oenophobia (wine-sticker shock).1997 February 17, Tony Hendra, “Best Cellars”, in New York, page 48
    • A new wine club called 600 Grapes asks us if we suffer from "oenophobia" -- a fear of wine.2006 October 3, Larry Lipson, “Wineline For The Republic Of Sauvignon Blanc Fanciers”, in Daily News, Los Angeles

oenophobia meaning in Tamil

oenophobia in Tamil

மது வெருளி

Origin of oenophobia

From oeno- + -phobia.

Questions about oenophobia

What does oenophobia mean?
Oenophobia means the fear or hatred of wine; anxiety related to wine.
What is oenophobia in Tamil?
Oenophobia in Tamil is மது வெருளி. See Oenophobia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oenophobia?
Oenophobia is a noun.

Words near oenophobia in the dictionary

  1. oenophilic
  2. oenophilist
  3. oenophilists
  4. oenophils
  5. oenophily
  6. oenophobia
  7. oenophobic
  8. oenopoetic
  9. oenotheraceous
  10. oenotourism
  11. Oenus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oenophobia (page history and authors); oenophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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