acrophobe
English
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edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈækɹəˌfoʊb/
Noun
editacrophobe (plural acrophobes)
- A person who suffers from acrophobia, a fear of heights.
- 2009 July 19, Lizette Alvarez, “Whee! Also, There’s a Net”, in New York Times[1]:
- Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.