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Definition of: nympholepsy
(nim′fə·lep′sē) noun
1. A kind of ecstasy or frenzy, said to have taken possession of one who looked upon a nymph.
2. An emotional state caused by an unrealizable desire. [<Gk. nympholeptos frenzied <nymphē a nymph + lambanein take]
—nym′·pho·lept (-lept) noun
—nym′pho·lep′tic adjective
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