nympholept

[ nim-fuh-lept ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1805–15; < Greek nymphólēptos caught by nymphs, equivalent to nýmph ( ē ) nymph + -o- -o- + lḗptos, verbid of lambánein to seize

And these things, and this divine homesickness led him, pale nympholept, beyond Earth's human shores.

With this delightful prayer, our humorous nympholept Longus begins his story.

Thanks to it—all thanks to it—I did not become a nympholept.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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