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ophiophobic en · ADJ

Etymology

From ophio- + -phobic.

Meanings

1. Afraid of snakes.
   • The red-sided garter snake, while harmless to all but the most ophiophobic of humans, is a fearsome predator of frogs, salamanders and slugs. 1986, Nature Canada, volumes 15-17, unnumbered page:
   • Not for the ophiophobic, this made-for-cable original features rattlesnakes running amok in a small town, mediocre acting (on the humans' part, that is), dull dialogue, and laughable scenes in snake-o-vision. 2000, Mick Martin, Marsha Porter, Video Movie Guide 2001, Ballantine Bokos, →ISBN, page 895:
   • The ophiophobic Indy also has a touchingly neurotic streak (played down in later films), which counterbalances the mounting absurdity of his relentless adventures. 2005, Alec Worley, Empires of the Imagination: A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Méliès to, The Lord of the Rings, McFarland & Co,, →ISBN, page 215:

Forms

Synonyms

ophidiophobic