germaphobe
noun
a person who has an irrational or disproportionate fear of germs and contamination.
germaphobic
-
a word derived from
germaphobe.
Example Sentences
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Those days are now disappearing over the horizon of our new germaphobic era.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2020
Do germaphobic parents doom their kids to a lifetime of allergies and irritable bowels?
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2017
Or a choir teacher who’s a boy-band wannabe and who falls for an obsessive-compulsive, germaphobic school counselor, even though he’s locked in a bad marriage to a controlling, chirpy sorority girl?
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2011
