英和和英

名詞

blennophobia (uncountable)

1. (very まれに) The irrational fear of slime.
   • 2002, Kate White, If Looks Could Kill, Warner Books, Inc. (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     "Well, maybe what you've really got is blennophobia — fear of slime," he said.

   • 2003, Joanne M. Friedman, It's a Horse's Life!: Advice and Observations for the Humans Who Choose to Share It, iUniverse (2003), →ISBN, page 40:

     He approaches with snurffly sounds and a twitching nose, and your blennophobia (fear of slime) kicks in, producing a hurried word of encouragement and a carrot.

   • 2006, Des Kennedy, The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb, Greystone Books (2006), →ISBN, page 208:

     Oh, they seem to be the picture of contentment, tripping about with their triple-sanitized trowels and weeding forks, but in reality these neatniks are a seething cauldron of aversions. They're beset by blennophobia, the fear of slime, and spend long hours plotting the annihilation of slugs and snails.

参照

• “blennophobia” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.