nympholepsy
English
Etymology
nympho- + -lepsy
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsi/
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
- 1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292
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