acrophoben.
/ˈakrə(ʊ)fəʊb/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌfoʊb/ A person who suffers from acrophobia.
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hydrophobist1840
phobist1883
acrophobe1894
agoraphobe1894
agoraphobic1898
ailurophobe1905
claustrophobe1911
phobiac1911
phobic1911
arachnophobe1925
claustrophobiac1934
claustrophobic1953
mycophobe1957
aerophobe1966
necrophobe1973
computerphobe1974
aerophobic1978
computer-phobic1983
toxiphobiac-
1894 H. M. Bannister tr. E. Régis Pract. Man. Mental Med. 270 An American alienist, who confesses himself an acrophobe like Verga [Fr. qui se reconnait acrophobe, comme Verga], noticed among his sensations at the moment of the attack, a quick and painful contraction of the scrotum.
1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 318/1 The acrophobe's ‘cold sweat’ at the mere mention of the objects of his dread.
1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life v. 105 She used to force herself..like an acrophobe who makes himself look over a parapet.
1960 ‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick i. 9 Edwin was an acrophobe. His head began to spin.
1999 N. Barr Blind Descent ii. 28 All that existed was the bright yellow-and-blue weave of the line that held her, and the rough russet of her battered leather gloves. An ideal rappel for an acrophobe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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