nympholept

nympholept [nim-fuh-lept] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. 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.

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British Dictionary definitions for nympholept nympholept noun

1. a person afflicted by nympholepsy

Word Origin for nympholept C19: from Greek numpholēptos caught by nymphs, from numphē nymph + lambanein to seize