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nympholepsy
/ˈnɪmfə(ʊ)ˌlɛpsi/
noun
mass noun - literary
1 Passion aroused in men by beautiful young girls.
2 Wild frenzy caused by desire for an unattainable ideal.
Origin
Late
18th century: from Greek numpholēptos ‘caught by nymphs’, from numphē ‘nymph’ and lambanein ‘take hold of’, on the pattern of epilepsy.
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Ned nodded, drifting off to a nap in spite of the noise. The other men were unusually excited, collectively afflicted with nympholepsy. They were all drunk, of course. Though the score was close, the group
were all ogling the cheerleaders more than watching the game. In their inebriated state, the men imagined the cheerleaders were all nymphomaniacs, too.
