nympholeptn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnɪmfəlɛpt/, U.S.

/ˈnɪmfoʊˌlɛpt/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νυμϕόληπτος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek νυμϕόληπτος caught by nymphs, raptured, frenzied < νυμϕο- , combining form of νύμϕη nymph (see nympha n.) + ληπτός ( < the base of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form)) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare earlier nympholepsy n.

A. n.

a. A person affected by nympholepsy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun] > one inspired by passionate desire

under-zealot1682

nympholept1813

1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 405 He became a nympholept; and furnished another tale, to be..adorned by the fancy of the poet.

1855 E. B. Browning Lett. (1897) II. 201 We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals—and none more than yourself, indeed!

1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 117 Those who pursue Truth as by a divine compulsion, and who can be likened only to the nympholepts of old.

1916 A. Huxley Burning Wheel 13 But runs, a joyous nympholept, This way and that.

1968 Listener 7 Mar. 319/3 We're just chasing frantically round a never-ending treadmill—modern nympholepts, bemused by a non-existent ideal, captivated by the siren voices of the persuasion cultists and all their proselytes.

1992 B. D'Amato Beauty I. x. 86 She had such a perfect face, she was amazingly sexy, although I don't generally consider myself a nympholept.

b. With of. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. vii. v. 55 The very nympholept of freedom, yet of power—of knowledge, yet of religion!

1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 118 The nympholepts of Truth are profoundly interesting figures in..history.

1900 Atlantic Monthly May 705/2 This martyr of style [sc. R. L. Stevenson], a very nympholept of art.

B. adj. (attributive).

Affected by nympholepsy; frenzied.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals

enthusiastical1614

enthusiastic1692

nympholeptic1818

idealistic1829

dreamy1845

starry-eyed1878

nympholept1902

1902 Athenæum 19 July 91/1 The lyric cry of nympholept modernity.

1982 A. Curnow Organo ad Libitum ii, in Early Days Yet (1997) 91 Swaying she swept up nympholept handfuls.

1996 D. Hall Old Life 43 I gave up the bobby-soxed girls I loved who kicked from white skirts for poems that outshone like the sun my nympholept moonshine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nympholept
释义	nympholeptn.adj. Brit. /ˈnɪmfəlɛpt/, U.S. /ˈnɪmfoʊˌlɛpt/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νυμϕόληπτος. Etymology: < ancient Greek νυμϕόληπτος caught by nymphs, raptured, frenzied < νυμϕο- , combining form of νύμϕη nymph (see nympha n.) + ληπτός ( < the base of λαμβάνειν to take (see -labe comb. form)) + -τός , suffix forming verbal adjectives. Compare earlier nympholepsy n. A. n. a. A person affected by nympholepsy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun] > one inspired by passionate desire under-zealot1682 nympholept1813 1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 405 He became a nympholept; and furnished another tale, to be..adorned by the fancy of the poet. 1855 E. B. Browning Lett. (1897) II. 201 We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals—and none more than yourself, indeed! 1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 117 Those who pursue Truth as by a divine compulsion, and who can be likened only to the nympholepts of old. 1916 A. Huxley Burning Wheel 13 But runs, a joyous nympholept, This way and that. 1968 Listener 7 Mar. 319/3 We're just chasing frantically round a never-ending treadmill—modern nympholepts, bemused by a non-existent ideal, captivated by the siren voices of the persuasion cultists and all their proselytes. 1992 B. D'Amato Beauty I. x. 86 She had such a perfect face, she was amazingly sexy, although I don't generally consider myself a nympholept. b. With of. Now rare. ΚΠ 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. vii. v. 55 The very nympholept of freedom, yet of power—of knowledge, yet of religion! 1884 A. Birrell Obiter Dicta 118 The nympholepts of Truth are profoundly interesting figures in..history. 1900 Atlantic Monthly May 705/2 This martyr of style [sc. R. L. Stevenson], a very nympholept of art. B. adj. (attributive). Affected by nympholepsy; frenzied. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective] > devoted to ideals enthusiastical1614 enthusiastic1692 nympholeptic1818 idealistic1829 dreamy1845 starry-eyed1878 nympholept1902 1902 Athenæum 19 July 91/1 The lyric cry of nympholept modernity. 1982 A. Curnow Organo ad Libitum ii, in Early Days Yet (1997) 91 Swaying she swept up nympholept handfuls. 1996 D. Hall Old Life 43 I gave up the bobby-soxed girls I loved who kicked from white skirts for poems that outshone like the sun my nympholept moonshine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1813
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