claustrophobe
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)
- One who suffers from claustrophobia.
- 1998, Jim Mortimore, chapter 3, in Beltempest, page 73:
- She has never considered herself either a claustrophobe or an agoraphobe but, well, this was different. This was both fears together – the fear of wide-open spaces jammed shoulder to shoulder with angry people.
Translations edit
one who suffers from claustrophobia
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Etymology edit
From Latin claustrum (“a shut in place”) + -phobe.
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Noun edit
claustrophobe m or f by sense (plural claustrophobes)
Adjective edit
claustrophobe (plural claustrophobes)
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Further reading edit
- “claustrophobe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.