nympholepticadj.
/ˌnɪmfəˈlɛptɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɪmfoʊˈlɛptɪk/ Characterized by, resulting from, or inspired by nympholepsy; affected by nympholepsy. Also in extended use.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > [adjective]
idealized1810
nympholeptic1818
idealistical1819
ideological1837
ideologized1863
should-be1885
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
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous
wildc725
ardentc1374
fierce1377
flagrant?1521
zealous1526
passionatea1530
heady1543
concupiscentious1555
passionative1593
luxurious1614
mada1627
concupitive1651
sultry1671
hot-tempered1673
ardurousa1770
wild1811
nympholeptic1818
concupiscenta1834
1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 16 Aug. (1964) II. 29 I hope your nympholeptic tale is not abandoned.
1844 E. B. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship viii Nymphs of mountain, not of valley, we are wont to call the Muses, And in nympholeptic climbing, poets pass from mount to star.
1854 Southern Q. Rev. July 32 Both people [sc. the French and the Romans] still indulged wild and nympholeptic dreams of liberty, but had lost all apprehension of its true nature.
1895 Athenæum 21 Sept. 382/1 Writers and publishers of nympholeptic stories.
1974 R. Adams Shardik xxiv. 187 Gone the concentric filigree spheres, the sundial with its phallic gnomon and nympholeptic spiral of hours.
1994 Guardian 19 Sept. ii. 3/4 He..cheated on [wife] No. 2 repeatedly after marriage, including a nympholeptic fling with Peggy Ashcroft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1818