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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
/ ˈ²Ôɪ³¾´Úəˌ±ôÉ›±è²õɪ /
noun
- a state of violent emotion, esp when associated with a desire for something one cannot have
Derived Forms
- ËŒ²Ô²â³¾±è³ó´Çˈ±ô±ð±è³Ù¾±³¦, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ²Ô²â³¾Â·±è³ó´Ç·±ô±ð±è·³Ù¾±³¦ [nim-f, uh, -, lep, -tik], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of nympholepsy1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of nympholepsy1
Example Sentences
Witchcraft has seized upon you, nympholepsy has struck you.
Through solitude this passion may be exalted into a frenzy like a nympholepsy.
De Quincey has done so in prose, for instance, and Lord Byron talks of 'The nympholepsy of a fond despair,' though he never was accused of being overridden by his Greek.
A terrible malady is she, a malady the ancients knew of and called nympholepsy—a beautiful name evocative and symbolic of its ideal aspect, "the breasts of the nymphs in the brake."
A terrible malady is she, a malady the ancients knew of and called nympholepsy—a beautiful name evocative and symbolic of its ideal aspect, "the breast of the nymph in the brake."
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