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erotolepsy

erotolepsy noun: passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania.

Noun

erotolepsy (uncountable)

  1. passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania
    • He knew what aroused him in a woman. Everything aroused him in a woman. When it came to women he was in the last stages of chronic erotolepsy. Certifiable.2011, Howard Jacobson, No More Mr Nice Guy, page 188

Origin of erotolepsy

From eroto- + -lepsy, coined by Thomas Hardy.

Questions about erotolepsy

What does erotolepsy mean?
Erotolepsy means passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania.
What part of speech is erotolepsy?
Erotolepsy is a noun.

Words near erotolepsy in the dictionary

  1. erotogenetic
  2. erotogenic
  3. erotogenicity
  4. erotographomania
  5. erotolalia
  6. erotolepsy
  7. erotological
  8. erotologist
  9. erotologists
  10. erotology
  11. erotomane

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