nympholept
nympholept noun: a person in a state of nympholepsy.
Noun
nympholept (plural nympholepts)
- A person in a state of nympholepsy.
- Dark faery, / Modern, unissued, instinctive America, / Your nascent faery people / Lurking among the deeps of your industrial thicket, / Allure me till I am beside myself, / A nympholept.1922, D.H. Lawrence, The Evening Land
- "I don't mind young nympholepts, but I draw the line at a paint-raddled old bitch of - " He had not noticed Rita, hidden in the big leather chair with its back to him, but as she moved to look round at him, he arrested his whisky at the moment of tossing it off to say "Oh, sorry, Grimsby, I didn't...1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 87
nympholept meaning in Tamil and Urdu
nympholept in Tamil
- கொள்கைவெறியர், கொள்கை வெறியர்
nympholept in Urdu
- مجذوب
Forms of nympholept
| plural | nympholepts |
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Origin of nympholept
From Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “caught by nymphs, frenzied”), from νύμφη (númphē) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Questions about nympholept
- What does nympholept mean?
- Nympholept means a person in a state of nympholepsy.
- What is nympholept in Tamil?
- Nympholept in Tamil is கொள்கைவெறியர், கொள்கை வெறியர். See Nympholept meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nympholept?
- Nympholept is a noun.
- What is the plural of nympholept?
- The plural of nympholept is nympholepts.
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