hydrophobia
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
hydrophobia
- (pathology) An aversion to water#Noun|water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.
- Synonyms: hydrophoby
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗, page 319 ↗:
- {...}} Cato, who ſcorned both death and fortune, could not abide the ſight of a looking glaſſe or of water; overcome with horrour, and quelled with amazement, if by the contagion of a mad dog he had fallen#English|falne into that ſickneſſe which Phiſitians call Hydroforbia, or feare of waters.
- (psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear#Noun|fear of water; aquaphobia.
- German: Tollwut
- Italian: idrofobia
- Portuguese: hidrofobia, raiva
- Russian: бе́шенство
- German: Wasserscheu
- Italian: idrofobia
- Portuguese: hidrofobia
- Russian: гидрофо́бия
- Spanish: hidrofobia
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