nympholept

nympholept
/nim"feuh lept'/, n.
a person seized with nympholepsy.
[1805-15; < Gk nymphóleptos caught by nymphs, equiv. to nýmph(e) NYMPH + -o- -O- + léptos, verbid of lambánein to seize]

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