nympholepsy / ˈnɪm fəˌlɛp si /

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nympholepsy 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural nym·pho·lep·sies.

  1. an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
  2. a frenzy of emotion, as for something unattainable.

更多nympholepsy例句

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