Phobian

//ˈfoʊbiən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of Phobos.

    "In walking he would raise the toes of his feet above the heads of the Phobians to a height of five hundred feet."

  2. 2
    A member of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C., Ghana's premier football club.

    "To mark the end of Relations Week a fun run over 8 km was held at the Phobians Athletics Club."

  3. 3
    One who is phobic or antagonistic towards something.

    "Some years ago when I concocted the word futurism (it was a Spring night in Paris), I should have balanced it with pasteurism, which process I now suggest as a sociological relief from mountebanks, utilitarians, egotistical snobs of progress, press phobians, news delirians and loquacious neurasthenics suffering from various forms of auto suggestion."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to Phobos.

    "If his stature in earthly measurement be taken as five feet ten inches, he would tower into the Phobian sky to a height over one and one-tenth miles."

Example

More examples

"If his stature in earthly measurement be taken as five feet ten inches, he would tower into the Phobian sky to a height over one and one-tenth miles."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Phobos + -ian.

Etymology 2

From phobia + -n.

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