Nympholepsy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɪmfəˌlÉ›psi/

Origin

- + lepsy + -

Full definition of nympholepsy

Noun

1. A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.
• 1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292If 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

Related terms

• nympholept