nympholept
1Nympholept — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Nympholept (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on nympholept instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/nympholept …
2nympholept — noun see nympholepsy …
3nympholept — /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] * * * …
4nympholept — noun A person in a state of nympholepsy …
5nympholept — nɪmfÉ™lept n. one who is affected by nympholepsy, one who is in an ecstatic state supposedly caused by nymphs; one who is in a frenzy of emotion …
6nympholept — nym·pho·lept …
7nympholept — /ˈnɪmfəlɛpt/ (say nimfuhlept) noun someone seized with nympholepsy. {Greek nympholēptos caught by nymphs} …
8nympholept — n. a person inspired by violent enthusiasm esp. for an ideal. Derivatives: nympholeptic adj. Etymology: Gk numpholeptos caught by nymphs (as NYMPH, lambano take) …
9Cave of Archedemos the Nympholept — Archaeological site name = Cave of Archedemos the Nympholept, or the Cave at Vari name local = Σπηλιά του Αρχέδημου or Σπηλιά του Νυμφόληπτου |300px caption skyline = view towards the north of part of the sculpted decoration in the cave of the… …
10nympholepsy — noun Etymology: nympholept, from Greek nympholēptos frenzied, literally, caught by nymphs, from nymphē + lambanein to seize more at latch Date: 1775 1. a demonic enthusiasm held by the ancients to seize one bewitched by a nymph 2. a frenzy of… …
