nympholept

[nim-fuh-lept]

noun

a person seized with nympholepsy.

Origin of nympholept

1805–15; < Greek nymphólēptos caught by nymphs, equivalent to nýmph(ē) nymph + -o- -o- + lḗptos, verbid of lambánein to seize

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for nympholept

nuts, energumen

Examples from the Web for nympholept

Historical Examples of nympholept

Thanks to it—all thanks to it—I did not become a nympholept.
Lore of Proserpine
Maurice Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for nympholept

nympholept

noun

a person afflicted by nympholepsy

Word Origin for nympholept

C19: from Greek numpholēptos caught by nymphs, from numphē nymph + lambanein to seize

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012