nympholepsy

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English

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Etymology

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From nympho- +‎ -lepsy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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