Usually means: Obsessive passion inspired by nymphs.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word nympholepsy:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. nympholepsy: Merriam-Webster
  2. nympholepsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nympholepsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nympholepsy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nympholepsy: Vocabulary.com
  6. nympholepsy: Wordnik
  7. nympholepsy: Wiktionary
  8. nympholepsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. nympholepsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nympholepsy: Dictionary.com
  11. Nympholepsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Nympholepsy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. nympholepsy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. nympholepsy: Rhymezone
  15. Nympholepsy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. nympholepsy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. nympholepsy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. nympholepsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. nympholepsy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Nympholepsy: World Wide Words

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

(Note: See nympholept as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (nympholepsy)

noun:  A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.

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