nympholepsy

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Definition von nympholepsy im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable

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.

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy

{i} ecstatic state supposedly caused by nymphs; emotional frenzy

a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable

Silbentrennung

nym·pho·lep·sy

Etymologie

() nympholept +‎ -y