English Explanatory Dictionary

nympholept

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person in a state of nympholepsy.

Word forms

nympholept nympholepts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “caught by nymphs, frenzied”), from νύμφη (númphē) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).

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