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porphyrophobic

porphyrophobic adjective: exhibiting porphyrophobia.

Adjective

porphyrophobic (comparative more porphyrophobic, superlative most porphyrophobic)

  1. Exhibiting porphyrophobia.

Noun

porphyrophobic (plural porphyrophobics)

  1. One who exhibits porphyrophobia.
    • Many porphyrophobics have had bad experiences with purple. Maybe they saw a purple monster or ate a purple popsicle that tasted like regret. Either way, purple triggers their panic button.2023 June 28, Jeff Kori, “Porphyrophobia: Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment”, in Health Spot

Forms of porphyrophobic

Adjective
comparativemore porphyrophobic
superlativemost porphyrophobic
Noun
pluralporphyrophobics

Origin of porphyrophobic

From Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple”) + -phobic.

Questions about porphyrophobic

What does porphyrophobic mean?
Porphyrophobic means exhibiting porphyrophobia.
What part of speech is porphyrophobic?
Porphyrophobic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near porphyrophobic in the dictionary

  1. porphyroid
  2. porphyroids
  3. porphyromonad
  4. porphyromonads
  5. porphyrophobia
  6. porphyrophobic
  7. porphyrophobics
  8. porphyropsin
  9. porphyropsins
  10. porphyrous
  11. porphyroxine

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