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TV-phobic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English TV Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English TV-phobic From TV + -phobic.

Meanings

  1. Having a dislike of television.
    • Even the short-lived phenomenon of Twin Peaks, which attracted otherwise TV-phobic intellectuals to the television set when it debuted in 1990 […] 2008, Gary Richard Edgerton, Jeffrey P Jones, The Essential HBO Reader:
    • It helped that there were plenty of celebrities — from Billy Graham to Tiny Tim to Johnny Carson to Leonard Nimoy to TV-phobic John Wayne […] 2004, Joe Garner, Richard Pryor, Made You Laugh!:

Forms

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most TV-phobic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more TV-phobic Degree=Cmp lexicographic