Hydrophobe

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hydrophobic compound or material.
  2. 2
    Someone who is affected by hydrophobia (a fear or aversion to water).

    "The shock of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and in a moment the poor little hydrophobes were spluttering in the pond: […]"

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"The shock of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and in a moment the poor little hydrophobes were spluttering in the pond: […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French hydrophobe, from Latin hydrophobus, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφόβος (hudrophóbos), from ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear, dread”).

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