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Messalina complex

Messalina complex noun: nymphomania; female hypersexuality.

Noun

Messalina complex (plural Messalina complexes)

  1. Nymphomania; female hypersexuality.

Forms of Messalina complex

pluralMessalina complexes

Origin of Messalina complex

After Valéria Messalina, the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius.

Questions about Messalina complex

What does Messalina complex mean?
Messalina complex means nymphomania; female hypersexuality.
What part of speech is Messalina complex?
Messalina complex is a noun.
What is the plural of Messalina complex?
The plural of Messalina complex is Messalina complexes.

Words near Messalina complex in the dictionary

  1. messaging patterns
  2. messagings
  3. Messalian
  4. Messalianism
  5. Messalians
  6. Messalina complex
  7. Messalina complexes
  8. messaline
  9. messalines
  10. Messalinian
  11. messan

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