nonacrophobic

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adjective

Not acrophobic; unafraid of heights.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivenonacrophobic (comparative more nonacrophobic, superlative most nonacrophobic)

comparative more nonacrophobic · superlative most nonacrophobic

  1. Not acrophobic; unafraid of heights.

    Start with four muscle persons on their hands and knees on the bottom. Then put three mild-mannered types on top of them. Then two brave acrobats, followed by a small, nonacrophobic child .

    1981, Nora Gallagher, Simple Pleasures: Wonderful & Wild Things to Do at Home, page 70
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    A stream of festivals, exhibitions, historical reenactments, talks, and tours culminated in the opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a converted train bridge in Poughkeepsie that lets nonacrophobic pedestrians stroll over a mile from shore to shore more than two-hundred feet above the boats below.

    2012, John Waldman, Heartbeats in the Muck, page 129

    At Echo Mountain, nonacrophobic passengers hopped onto the third phase, a mountain trolley that climbed another 1,200 vertical feet along airy slopes to the end of the line—Ye Alpine Tavern (later Mount Lowe Tavern, on whose ruins stands today's Mount Lowe Trail Camp).

    2013, Jerry Schad, David Money Harris, 101 Hikes in Southern California, page 65

Origin

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