nympholepsy

/nim-fuh-lep-see/US // ˈnɪm fəˌlɛp si //UK // (ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsɪ) //

蛹虫草,蛹虫病

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural nym·pho·lep·sies.
- : an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- : a frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.

Through solitude this passion may be exalted into a frenzy like a nympholepsy.
But he was busy with his new story, in the throes of nympholepsy, seeing visions, hearing voices.
When the show was over he abandoned Miss Clampett on her door-step and went to his own boarding-house in a nympholepsy.
Nympholepsy is no more a Greek word than epilepsy, and nobody would or could object to epilepsy or apoplexy as a Greek word.
It shows the sensitiveness of the hierarchy that this harmless nympholepsy was deemed worthy of severe repression.