Germophobiac

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of germophobe. rare

    "Spraying with an antiseptic did not lessen in any sense such danger as there was. The trouble was with the woman. She was a germophobiac. She was a nuisance to everybody in the car. It is a good guess that she is a nuisance to her family and everybody around her. It is also a good guess that her family has more than its share of germ diseases."

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germophobe

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"Spraying with an antiseptic did not lessen in any sense such danger as there was. The trouble was with the woman. She was a germophobiac. She was a nuisance to everybody in the car. It is a good guess that she is a nuisance to her family and everybody around her. It is also a good guess that her family has more than its share of germ diseases."

Etymology

From germ + -o- + -phobiac.

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