acrophobiac

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English

Etymology

From acro- +‎ -phobiac.

Noun

acrophobiac (plural acrophobiacs)

  1. (rare) Synonym of acrophobe.
    • 1985, David Hatcher Childress, “Crossing the Himalayas: Call of the Yeti” (chapter 4), in Lost Cities of China, Central Asia, & India (Lost Cities), Kempton, Ill.: Adventures Unlimited Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 74:
      From our camp it was one long day's trek to Beding, the first town in the Rowaling Valley. We had to negotiate some very tricky portions of trail. Some parts were tiny log bridges built into sheer cliffs, not something for acrophobiacs.