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—pyrophobic, adj./puy'reuh foh"bee euh/, n.an abnormal fear of fire.[1885-90; PYRO- + -PHOBIA]
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Pyrophobia — refers to the fear of fire. People who suffer from this fear, may be nervous around things like fireworks, fireplaces and other things that have fire. The fear of fire comes from the perception that fire can consume one s house, one s belongings… … Wikipedia
pyrophobia — 1890, from PYRO (Cf. pyro ) + PHOBIA (Cf. phobia) … Etymology dictionary
pyrophobia — [pī΄rə fō′bē ə] n. [ModL: see PYRO & PHOBIA] an excessive or irrational fear of fire … English World dictionary
pyrophobia — noun a morbid fear of fire • Hypernyms: ↑simple phobia * * * pyrophobic, adj. /puy reuh foh bee euh/, n. an abnormal fear of fire. [1885 90; PYRO + PHOBIA] * * * pyrophobia / fōˈbi ə/ noun (see ↑phobia) … Useful english dictionary
pyrophobia — noun The hate, or an abnormal or even irrational fear of fires or flames … Wiktionary
pyrophobia — Morbid dread of fire. [pyro + G. phobos, fear] * * * py·ro·pho·bia .pī rə fō bē ə n morbid dread of fire py·ro·pho·bic fō bik adj * * * py·ro·pho·bia (pi″ro foґbe ə) [pyro + phobia] abnormal fear of fire … Medical dictionary
pyrophobia — fear of fire Phobias … Phrontistery dictionary
pyrophobia — n. irrational fear of fire … English contemporary dictionary
pyrophobia — py·ro·pho·bia … English syllables
pyrophobia — A fear of fire … Grandiloquent dictionary
