Phobiac

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person with a phobia.

    "Defective types of psychoses are the most interesting kinds, like the maniacs, the melancholiacs, the phobiacs, the paranoiacs, the neurasthenics, the hysterical, etc."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to a phobia; phobic. not-comparable

    "With phobiac writer's cramp, they will re-educate to write with blackboard exercises[.]"

Example

More examples

"With phobiac writer's cramp, they will re-educate to write with blackboard exercises[.]"

Etymology

From phobia + -ic. Modelled on maniac.

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