NYMPHOLEPTIC

Meaning of NYMPHOLEPTIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|leptik adjective

Etymology: Greek nympholēpt os + English -ic

: of, relating to, or affected with nympholepsy

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

NYMPHOLEPTIC — adjective see: nympholepsy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NYMPHOLEPTIC — (a.) Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
Английский словарь Webster
NYMPHOLEPTIC — ( a. ) Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NYMPHOLEPTIC — n. affected by nympholepsy, in an ecstatic state supposedly caused by nymphs; in an emotionally frenzied state
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NYMPHOLEPTIC — see nympholepsy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NYMPHOLEPTIC — adj under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.
Webster English vocab
NYMPHOLEPSY — noun see: latch Date: 1775 a demonic enthusiasm held by the ancients to seize one bewitched by a nymph, a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NYMPHOLEPT — I. -pt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Greek nympholēptos caught by nymphs, raptured, frenzied, from nymphē nymph + lēptos, verbal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NYMPHOLEPSY — — nympholeptic /nim'feuh lep"tik/ , adj. /nim"feuh lep'see/ , n. , pl. nympholepsies . 1. an ecstasy supposed by the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NYMPHOLEPSY — [ 'nɪmfə(ʊ)ˌlɛpsi ] ■ noun literary frenzy caused by desire for the unattainable. Derivatives nympholept noun nympholeptic adjective Origin C18: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NYMPHOLEPT — n. a person inspired by violent enthusiasm esp. for an ideal. nympholeptic adj. [ Gk numpholeptos caught by nymphs (as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NYMPHOLEPT — n. a person inspired by violent enthusiasm esp. for an ideal. Derivatives: nympholeptic adj. Etymology: Gk numpholeptos caught by nymphs …
Oxford English vocab
ECSTATIC
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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