gingerphobe

gingerphobe

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)
Proto-Dravidian *wēr
Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)
Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.
Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.
Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.
Late Latin zingiberi
Late Latin gingiberbor.
Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō
Old English gingifer
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Old French gingembreinflu.
Middle English gingivere
Middle English gingere
English ginger
Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ-
Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)der.
French -phobeder.
English -phobe
English gingerphobe

    From ginger + -phobe.

    Noun

    gingerphobe (plural gingerphobes)

    1. Someone suffering from gingerphobia.
      • 2009 December 9, MartinS, “Re Maggie Jones - sad news”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st‎[1] (Usenet):
        You are a gingerphobe!
      • 2012 October 4, Amnesty International, The Very Best of The Secret Policeman's Ball‎[2], Canongate Books, →ISBN:
        If you're a gingerphobe and you don't like us
        We'll stand up to the fight if you wanna fight us
        But if you cut yourself you might catch gingervitis
        So maybe you should shut your fucking mouth
      • 2017 March 7, Jenny Baranick, Sarah Palin's Expert Guide to Good Grammar: What You Can Learn from Someone Who Doesn't Know Right from Write‎[3], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
        The only reason I can imagine that she included the color of Clark's hair is because she wanted to make it clear that she's not a gingerphobe.
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