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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 unattainableplay

  Familiarity information: NYMPHOLEPSY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NYMPHOLEPSY (noun)


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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