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phoby

phoby is the archaic form of phobia.

Meaning of phobia

Noun

phobia (plural phobias or phobiae or phobiæ)

  1. An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
    • I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.
  2. An aversion or dislike (of something).
    • Some patients have the phobia of light, and others have the phobia of darkness. Another common aversion is that of high places. The phobiac of this type can not sit in the gallery […]1914, McClure's Magazine, page 140

Forms of phoby

pluralphobies

Phrases with phoby

Questions about phoby

What is phoby the archaic form of?
Phoby is the archaic form of phobia.

Words near phoby in the dictionary

  1. Phobosians
  2. phobosophy
  3. phobotactic
  4. phobotaxes
  5. phobotaxis
  6. phoby
  7. phoby cat
  8. phoby cats
  9. phoca
  10. phocacean
  11. phocaceans

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