hydrophobic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: hy=dro=pho=bic

CIDE DICTIONARY

hydrophobic, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hydrophobic, adj.
1 of or suffering from hydrophobia.
2 a lacking an affinity for water. b not readily wettable.