hydrophobic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hydrophobic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hydrophobic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hydrophobic adj lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water Antonym(s): hydrophilic abnormally afraid of water Synonym(s): hydrophobic, aquaphobic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydrophobic \Hy`drophob"ic\, a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. hydrophobique.] Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic* symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.