nympholepsy
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/ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsi/
Definition of nympholepsy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.
“If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.
“If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies”
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(countable, uncountable)Nymphophilia.
“The science of nympholepsy is a precise science. Actual contact would do it in one second flat. An interspace of a millimeter would do it in ten.”
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Etymology
From nympho- + -lepsy, after Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “frenzied by the nymphs”, adjective).
Words you can make from nympholepsy
200+ playable · top: HYPONYMS (21 pts)
Best play hyponyms 21 points8-letter words
3 words7-letter words
14 words6-letter words
42 words- SYLPHY 17 pts
- LYMPHS 16 pts
- NYMPHO 16 pts
- NYMPHS 16 pts
- SHOPPY 16 pts
- HOMELY 14 pts
- HOMEYS 14 pts
- HYMENS 14 pts
- PHENYL 14 pts
- PHONEY 14 pts
- PHYLON 14 pts
- POSHLY 14 pts
- SYPHON 14 pts
- EMPLOY 13 pts
- EPONYM 13 pts
- HOPPLE 13 pts
- MYOPES 13 pts
- PHENOM 13 pts
- PHLOEM 13 pts
- POLYPS 13 pts
- SHLEPP 13 pts
- SHOPPE 13 pts
- SLOPPY 13 pts
- HONEYS 12 pts
- HOYLES 12 pts
- HOLMES 11 pts
- HOLPEN 11 pts
- LEMONY 11 pts
- MELONY 11 pts
- MOHELS 11 pts
- MONEYS 11 pts
- OPENLY 11 pts
- PHENOL 11 pts
- PHONES 11 pts
- PLOYES 11 pts
- POLEYN 11 pts
- PYLONS 11 pts
- PEPLOS 10 pts
- LEMONS 8 pts
- MELONS 8 pts
- PLEONS 8 pts
- SOLEMN 8 pts
5-letter words
90 words- HEMPY 15 pts
- HOPPY 15 pts
- LYMPH 15 pts
- MYOPY 15 pts
- NYMPH 15 pts
- MOPPY 14 pts
- SHYLY 14 pts
- HOMEY 13 pts
- HYMEN 13 pts
- HYMNS 13 pts
- HYPES 13 pts
- HYPOS 13 pts
- MESHY 13 pts
- PHONY 13 pts
- PHYLE 13 pts
- SOPHY 13 pts
- SYLPH 13 pts
- HEMPS 12 pts
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- MOPEY 12 pts
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- YOMPS 12 pts
- HOLEY 11 pts
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- POLYS 10 pts
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- PYLON 10 pts
- SEPOY 10 pts
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- SLYPE 10 pts
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- PEPOS 9 pts
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- POEMS 9 pts
- POMES 9 pts
- POPES 9 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HONES 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- HOSEN 8 pts
- NOSEY 8 pts
- SHEOL 8 pts
- SHONE 8 pts
- SONLY 8 pts
- LEMON 7 pts
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- MELON 7 pts
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- MOLES 7 pts
- NOMES 7 pts
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- OPENS 7 pts
- PELON 7 pts
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- POLES 7 pts
- PONES 7 pts
- SLOPE 7 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
4-letter words
50 words- HOMY 12 pts
- HYMN 12 pts
- HYPE 12 pts
- HYPO 12 pts
- HYPS 12 pts
- HEMP 11 pts
- HOLY 10 pts
- HOYS 10 pts
- ELMY 9 pts
- ESPY 9 pts
- HELM 9 pts
- HELP 9 pts
- HEMS 9 pts
- HEPS 9 pts
- HOLM 9 pts
- HOLP 9 pts
- HOME 9 pts
- HOMS 9 pts
- HOPE 9 pts
- HOPS 9 pts
- MESH 9 pts
- MHOS 9 pts
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- HELO 7 pts
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- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- LEYS 7 pts
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- LYSE 7 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- EPOS 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- LOPS 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MENO 6 pts
- MOLE 6 pts
- MOLS 6 pts
- MONS 6 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
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