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hydrophobic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective hydrophobic has 2 senses
- hydrophobic(a = adj.all) Array - lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water; Array Antonym: hydrophilic
- hydrophobic(s = adj.all) aquaphobic - abnormally afraid of water; Array
Derived form noun hydrophobicity1
CIDE DICTIONARY
hydrophobic, a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. : cf. F. hydrophobique.].
Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hydrophobic, adj.
1 of or suffering from hydrophobia.
2 a lacking an affinity for water. b not readily wettable.
1 of or suffering from hydrophobia.
2 a lacking an affinity for water. b not readily wettable.
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