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Etymology

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From oeno- +‎ -phobic.

Adjective

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oenophobic (comparative more oenophobic, superlative most oenophobic)

  1. Relating to, characteristic of, or exhibiting oenophobia (the fear or hatred of wine).
    Antonym: oenophilic
    • 2002, Joshua Scodel, “Drinking and the Politics of Poetic Identity from Jonson to Herrick”, in Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 215:
      In sharp contrast to Jonson's oenophobic “Ode to Sidney,” Habington celebrates wine as inspiring—or perhaps serving as—his “Genius,” []