Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- suffix One that fears or is averse to a specified thing.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Latin -phobus, from Greek -phobos, fearing, from phobos, fear; see bhegw- in Indo-European roots.]
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