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nympholepsy

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Noun
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nym=pho=lep=sy

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nympholepsy has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

nympholepsyn. [Gr. ny`mfh a nymph + lamba`nein to seize.].
     A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.  De Quincey.  [1913 Webster]
    "The nympholepsy of some fond despair."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nympholepsy, n. ecstasy or frenzy caused by desire of the unattainable.

Etymology
NYMPHOLEPT after epilepsy
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