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单词 psychrophobia
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psychrophobian.

Brit. /ˌsʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊbɪə/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkrəˈfoʊbiə/
Forms: 1700s– psychrophobia, 1800s psycrophobia (irregular).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: psychro- comb. form, -phobia comb. form.
Etymology: < psychro- comb. form + -phobia comb. form. Compare Hellenistic Greek ψυχροϕόβος dreading cold water.
Fear or hatred of cold, esp. of cold water.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Psychrophobia [1731 Psychrophoby], a Fear of, or an Aversion to cold Things.
1830 S. Maunder Dict. Eng. Lang. Psycrophobia, a dread of anything cold.
1848 in R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 708/2. Psychrophobia, dread of cold, especially of cold water.
1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 401/2 One bright, icy afternoon..little Philly was suffering in the hands of his nurse, under a severe attack of Psychrophobia.
1958 Morgantown (W. Virginia) Post 10 Feb. 6/6 February, in the Northern states anyway, is no month for victims of psychrophobia.
1978 North Hills (Warrendale, Pa.) News Record 30 May a4/6 Do you live in an igloo? Then you definitely do not have psychrophobia.
2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 21 There are a few words for the fear of cold things, cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia, psychrophobia, but we prefer frigophobia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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