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English
Etymology
From nympho- + -lepsy, after Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “frenzied by the nymphs”, adjective).
Pronunciation
Noun
nympholepsy (countable and uncountable, plural nympholepsies)
- 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