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nympholept

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nym⋅pho⋅lept

  [nim-fuh-lept]
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–noun
a person seized with nympholepsy.
Origin:
1805–15; < Gk nymphólēptos caught by nymphs, equiv. to nýmph(ē) nymph + -o- -o- + lptos, verbid of lambánein to seize
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nym·pho·lept   (nĭm'fə-lěpt')   
n.  One who is in a state of nympholepsy.

[Greek numpholēptos, caught by nymph, frenzied : numphē, nymph + lēptos, seized (from lambanein, lēp-, to seize).]
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