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nympholept
[ nim-fuh-lept ]
/ ˈnɪm fəˌlɛpt /
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noun
a person seized with nympholepsy.
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Words nearby nympholept
nymphaeum, nymphalid, nymphet, nympho, nympholepsy, nympholept, nymphomania, nymphomaniac, nymphs, Nymwegen, Nynorsk
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How to use nympholept in a sentence
And these things, and this divine homesickness led him, pale nympholept, beyond Earth's human shores.
Sylvie: souvenirs du Valois|Grard de NervalWith this delightful prayer, our humorous nympholept Longus begins his story.
Essays on the Greek Romances|Elizabeth Hazelton HaightThanks to it—all thanks to it—I did not become a nympholept.
Lore of Proserpine|Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for nympholept
nympholept
/ (ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpt) /
noun
a person afflicted by nympholepsy
Word Origin for nympholept
C19: from Greek numpholēptos caught by nymphs, from numphē nymph + lambanein to seize
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