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nympholepsy

English

Etymology

nympho- +? -lepsy

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?mf??l?psi/

Noun

nympholepsy (countable and uncountable, plural nympholepsies)

  1. A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.
    • 1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292
      If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies

Related terms

  • nympholept

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nympholeptic

English

Etymology

nympho- +? -leptic

Adjective

nympholeptic (comparative more nympholeptic, superlative most nympholeptic)

  1. Of, or relating to, or having characteristics of an instance of nympholepsy.

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  • nympholept
  • nympholepsy

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