Operaphobe

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who hates opera.

    "The prospect of yet another review was greeted with despair at Covent Garden, where Eyre was remembered as an operaphobe and close colleague of Genista Mclntosh."

Example

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"The prospect of yet another review was greeted with despair at Covent Garden, where Eyre was remembered as an operaphobe and close colleague of Genista Mclntosh."

Etymology

From opera + -phobe.

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