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nympholepsy
[ nim-fuh-lep-see ]
noun
- an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- a frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.
nympholepsy
/ ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsɪ /
noun
- a state of violent emotion, esp when associated with a desire for something one cannot have
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Derived Forms
- ˌnymphoˈleptic, adjective
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Other Words From
- nym·pho·lep·tic [nim-f, uh, -, lep, -tik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nympholepsy1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nympholepsy1
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Example Sentences
Through solitude this passion may be exalted into a frenzy like a nympholepsy.
But he was busy with his new story, in the throes of nympholepsy, seeing visions, hearing voices.
When the show was over he abandoned Miss Clampett on her door-step and went to his own boarding-house in a nympholepsy.
Nympholepsy is no more a Greek word than epilepsy, and nobody would or could object to epilepsy or apoplexy as a Greek word.
It shows the sensitiveness of the hierarchy that this harmless nympholepsy was deemed worthy of severe repression.
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