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pogonophobic

pogonophobic adjective: having an aversion to beards.

Adjective

pogonophobic (comparative more pogonophobic, superlative most pogonophobic)

  1. (rare) Having an aversion to beards.
    • They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages.1997, Kharak Singh, Apostasy among Sikh youth: causes and cures, page 175
    • […] knows I'm pogonophobic. When I hired him he hadn't grown his beard. Nowadays I'm not important enough to fire him.2001, Carole Morin, Penniless in Park Lane, page 61

Forms of pogonophobic

comparativemore pogonophobic
superlativemost pogonophobic

Origin of pogonophobic

From pogono- + -phobic.

Questions about pogonophobic

What does pogonophobic mean?
Pogonophobic means having an aversion to beards.
What part of speech is pogonophobic?
Pogonophobic is an adjective.

Words near pogonophobic in the dictionary

  1. pogonophilia
  2. pogonophilic
  3. pogonophobe
  4. pogonophobes
  5. pogonophobia
  6. pogonophobic
  7. pogonophoran
  8. pogonophorans
  9. pogonophore
  10. pogonophores
  11. pogonotomia

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