nymphomania
/nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/
nymphomania noun: excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
Noun
nymphomania (countable and uncountable, plural nymphomanias)
- Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
- Camphor, however, has been used to counteract the conditions arising from nymphomania.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 213
- Synonyms:
- furor uterinus, œstromania
nymphomania meaning in Tamil and Bengali
nymphomania in Tamil
- கருமுட்டைப் பைக்கட்டி நோய், கழிகாம நோய், காமமிகைவேட்கை, இரதியவெறி, உணர்வு மிகைப்பு, பாலுறவு
nymphomania in Bengali
- নারীর অস্বাভাবিক যৌনাকাঙ্ক্ষা
Synonyms of nymphomania
Forms of nymphomania
| plural | nymphomanias |
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Origin of nymphomania
Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha + -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- + mania.
Words formed from nymphomania
Words that rhyme with nymphomania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
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- Pittsylvania
- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about nymphomania
- What does nymphomania mean?
- Nymphomania means excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
- What is nymphomania in Tamil?
- Nymphomania in Tamil is கருமுட்டைப் பைக்கட்டி நோய், கழிகாம நோய், காமமிகைவேட்கை. See Nymphomania meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nymphomania?
- Nymphomania is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nymphomania?
- Nymphomania is pronounced /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nymphomania?
- The plural of nymphomania is nymphomanias.
Words near nymphomania in the dictionary
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