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pogonophobic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pogono- + -phobic.

Meanings

1. (rare) Having an aversion to beards.
   • Did you hear of the pogonophobic barber, / Who suddenly decided that he wanted fame? / But on the stage he developed nomatophobia, / And couldn't bear to hear his own name. 2006, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition:
   • They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages. 1997, Kharak Singh, Apostasy among Sikh youth: causes and cures, page 175:
   • […] knows I'm pogonophobic. When I hired him he hadn't grown his beard. Nowadays I'm not important enough to fire him. 2001, Carole Morin, Penniless in Park Lane, page 61:

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Relateds

pogonophobia