Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hydrophobic \Hy`dro*phob"ic\, a. [L. hydrophobicus, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. hydrophobique.]
   Of or pertaining to hydrophobia; producing or caused by
   rabies; as, hydrophobic symptoms; the hydrophobic poison.

Source : WordNet®

hydrophobic
     adj 1: lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not absorb
            water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or be
            wetted by water [ant: {hydrophilic}]
     2: abnormally afraid of water [syn: {aquaphobic}]