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NYMPHOLEPSY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nympholepsy mean?
• NYMPHOLEPSY (noun)
The noun NYMPHOLEPSY has 1 sense:
1. a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
Familiarity information: NYMPHOLEPSY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nympholepsy" is a kind of...):
craze; delirium; frenzy; fury; hysteria (state of violent mental agitation)
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