waterfright

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Etymology

From water +‎ fright. Compare Old English wæterfyrhtness (“fear of water, hydrophobia”).

Noun

waterfright (countable and uncountable, plural waterfrights)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) A fear of water; aquaphobia.
    • 1927, William Ellery Leonard, The Locomotive-God, page 279:
      Possibly the foundation was subconscious memories of two water-frights, one on the ocean at six, one on a pond at thirteen ; but these were in themselves unimportant; and I have found, in my subconscious, few ideational or emotional associations.
    • 2010, Frank J. Lipp, The Mixe of Oaxaca: Religion, Ritual, and Healing:
      Others describe water fright as a condition marked by aversion to being bathed, cold, damp skin,and hyperkinesis, and yet others by fever and cold sweating even though the child is bundled and placed in the sun.
    • 2014, Joan Price, Do It Yourself Dog Grooming, page 4:
      Leaving your dog sitting in dirty water will get its ears acclimatized to the sound of running water and kill this water fright it has.
    • 2018, Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, Jay Johnston, The Gnostic World:
      By doing so, he wanted to produce a waterfright in Truman to prevent him from crossing the sea behind which he could find an exit from the false world.
    • 2019, Stephen Graham, The Gentle Art of Tramping, page 81:
      However, once you get the water-fright it is almost incurable, and perhaps not worth writing about.

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