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Hydrophobia

noun
1.
A symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids.
2.
A morbid fear of water.
3.
An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain.  Synonyms: lyssa, madness, rabies.





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"Hydrophobia" Quotes from Famous Books



... think it's nothing more nor less than hydrophobia. These mosquitoes have given you the rabies and you need medical attention. ...
— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach
... blue at the mention of Kedzie's husband. When Jim came back from Texas and Kedzie had to be polite to him Strathdene almost had hydrophobia. He accused Kedzie of actually welcoming Jim. He charged her with polyandry. He threatened to shoot her and her husband and himself. He comported himself unlike any traditional Englishman of literature. He was, in fact, himself and what he did was ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes
... flame-coloured region; the yellow of his eyes was blood-shot, and his nose was richly Bardolphian. The expression of his features was thirst; but it was a jovial thirst withal—a thirst that burned to be supplied, encouraged, pampered. The very idea of water was repugnant to it. Hydrophobia was written upon ...
— Rattlin the Reefer • Edward Howard
... turn, nausea, loathing; averseness^, aversation^, aversion; abomination, antipathy, abhorrence, horror; mortal antipathy, rooted antipathy, mortal horror, rooted horror; hatred, detestation; hate &c 898; animosity &c 900; hydrophobia; canine madness; byssa^, xenophobia. sickener^; gall and wormwood &c (unsavory) 395; shuddering, cold sweat. V. mislike misrelish^, dislike, disrelish; mind, object to; have rather not, would rather not, prefer ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... match mere affection with that sort of witchcraft!" he said. "It's like trying to treat the hydrophobia with eau de Cologne. It can't be done, my boy. Your device does credit to your heart if not to your intelligence. She may come in a pretty bottle which exudes comforting odors ...
— Paradise Garden - The Satirical Narrative of a Great Experiment • George Gibbs


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