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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water;

2. abnormally afraid of water;
[syn: hydrophobic, aquaphobic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hydrophobic \Hy`dro*phob"ic\, 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]