hydrophobia English · revision 1089

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌhaɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ ''(UK)''; /ˌhaɪ.dɹəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|hydrophobia]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|grc|ὑδροφοβία|tr=hudrophobía]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''hudrophóbos'' “dreading water”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) from ''hudr-'' “water” and ''phóbos'' “fear”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[phobia]].^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An aversion to water and difficulty in swallowing it, as a symptom of rabies in humans (1392 as ''ydroforbia'' in Barnhart; 1547 in Merriam-Webster and the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was often used for rabies itself,^(Etymonline)^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) though an 1823 encyclopedia, quoted by Etymonline, objected that dread of water is not a reliable sign of the disease.^(Etymonline) In its literal sense of a dread of water it is recorded from 1759,^(OED 1989) and in chemistry for the property of repelling water from 1956.^(OED 1989) Old English called the condition ''wæterfyrhtness''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1392 – ''ydroforbia''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1547 – the symptom of rabies.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1759 – dread of water.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1956 – the property of being hydrophobic.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[rabies|alt=Rabies]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An abnormal fear of water; aquaphobia.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The quality of repelling or not mixing with water.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hydrophobe]]

+ * [[hydrophobic]]

+ * [[phobia]]

+ * [[hydrant]]

+ * [[rabies]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Wiktionary notes that an abnormal fear of water is technically called ''aquaphobia'', to avoid confusion with rabies.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}