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scotophobe

scotophobe noun: one who fears darkness.

Noun (1)

scotophobe (plural scotophobes)

  1. (rare) One who fears darkness.
    • Through such substances the agoraphobes could come to like open spaces, and the 'scotophobes' enjoy the dark.1974, Erwin Lausch, Manipulation; dangers and benefits of brain research

Noun (2) capitalized: Scotophobe

Scotophobe (plural Scotophobes)

  1. One who fears or hates Scotland.
    • In the early 1770s the bogey figure for opposition politicians was arguably not so much North in the Commons as Mansfield behind the curtain, the country's greatest lawyer (and another Caledonian to gratify the Scotophobes) keeping an irresolute Cabinet committed to waging war in America.2004, Barry Coward, Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe: From the Waldensians to the French Revolution

Forms of scotophobe

pluralscotophobes
pluralScotophobes
alternative formScottophobe

Origin of scotophobe

From scoto- + -phobe.

From Scoto- + -phobe.

Questions about scotophobe

What does scotophobe mean?
Scotophobe means one who fears darkness.
What part of speech is scotophobe?
Scotophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of scotophobe?
The plural of scotophobe is scotophobes.

Words near scotophobe in the dictionary

  1. scotophases
  2. scotophasic
  3. scotophil
  4. Scotophilia
  5. scotophilic
  6. scotophobe
  7. scotophobes
  8. scotophobia
  9. scotophobic
  10. scotophobin
  11. scotophor

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