phobiac

English

Etymology

From phobia +‎ -ic. Modelled on maniac.

Adjective

phobiac (not comparable)

1. Relating to a phobia; phobic.
   • 1926, Studies in Psychology and Psychiatry from the Catholic University of America, volume 1 & 2, page 146:

     With phobiac writer's cramp, they will re-educate to write with blackboard exercises[.]

   • 1949, Edward Glover, Psycho-analysis: A Handbook for Medical Practitioners and Students of Comparative Psychology, page 291:

     These fears are replaced to the phobiac object.

Noun

phobiac (plural phobiacs)

1. A person with a phobia.
   • 1913, Charles Ellewyn George, The Lawyer & Banker and Bench & Bar Review, volume 6, page 161:

     Defective types of psychoses are the most interesting kinds, like the maniacs, the melancholiacs, the phobiacs, the paranoiacs, the neurasthenics, the hysterical, etc.

Synonyms

• phobic