ichthyophobic

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adjective

Of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.

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Meanings

adjectiveichthyophobic (comparative more ichthyophobic, superlative most ichthyophobic)

comparative more ichthyophobic · superlative most ichthyophobic

  1. Of, relating to, or afflicted with ichthyophobia.

    We are unaccomplished in open-water swimming for this very reason. Because, as we mentioned in an earlier chapter, we are ichthyophobic. And although we have never actually seen any fish up close and personal in their natural environment, we know they are there.

    1993, Tom Raabe, Sports for the Athletically Impaired, Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 190

Origin

From ichthyo- + -phobic.

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APA

ichthyophobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyophobic

MLA

“ichthyophobic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyophobic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichthyophobic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyophobic.

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