'Hydrophobic' definitions:
Definition of 'hydrophobic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be wetted by water [ant: hydrophilic]
adjective
Abnormally afraid of water [syn: hydrophobic, aquaphobic]
Definition of 'Hydrophobic'
From: GCIDE
- Hydrophobic \Hy`dro*phob"ic\, a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. hydrophobique.] Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison. [1913 Webster]