-phobouscomb. form

Primary stress is either attracted to the first syllable of this combining form or to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek -ϕόβος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek -ϕόβος (see -phobe comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare -phobe comb. form, -phobic comb. form.First attested in loans from (classical or post-classical) Latin in the late 17th cent. A small number of formations within English are found from the late 19th cent.

Forming adjectives with the sense ‘fearing, having an aversion to the thing specified by the first element’ (esp., of an organism, ‘not growing or flourishing under conditions indicated by the first element’, e.g. nitrophobous adj.).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-phobous
释义	-phobouscomb. form Primary stress is either attracted to the first syllable of this combining form or to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek -ϕόβος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek -ϕόβος (see -phobe comb. form) + -ous suffix. Compare -phobe comb. form, -phobic comb. form.First attested in loans from (classical or post-classical) Latin in the late 17th cent. A small number of formations within English are found from the late 19th cent. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘fearing, having an aversion to the thing specified by the first element’ (esp., of an organism, ‘not growing or flourishing under conditions indicated by the first element’, e.g. nitrophobous adj.). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < comb. form
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