-phobycomb. form
Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
hypnophoby n.Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: -phobia comb. form; Greek -ϕοβία.
Etymology: < -phobia comb. form or its etymon ancient Greek -ϕοβία; compare -y suffix3. Compare French -phobie (formations in which are found from at least the 18th cent.), German -phobie (formations in which are found from at least the 20th cent.).A very small number of formations in -phoby comb. form occur alongside (generally earlier) formations in -phobia comb. form. Several formations in -phoby comb. form first occur in Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci.(1860).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).