nympholept [nim-fuh-lept] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person seized with nympholepsy.
Origin of nympholept 1805–15; Greek nymphólēptos caught by nymphs, equivalent to nýmph(ē) nymph + -o- -o- + lḗptos, verbid of lambánein to seize Related Words for nympholept nuts, energumen Examples from the Web for nympholept Historical Examples of nympholept
Thanks to it—all thanks to it—I did not become a nympholept.
Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for nympholept nympholept noun
- a person afflicted by nympholepsy
Word Origin for nympholept C19: from Greek numpholēptos caught by nymphs, from numphē nymph + lambanein to seize