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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
/ ˈɪəˌɛɪ /
noun
- a state of violent emotion, esp when associated with a desire for something one cannot have
Derived Forms
- ˌԲ⳾ˈپ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Բ⳾···پ [nim-f, uh, -, lep, -tik], adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of nympholepsy1
51Թ 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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