nym·pho·lept I. \-pt\noun (-s) Etymology: Greek nympholēptos caught by nymphs, raptured, frenzied, from nymphē nymph + lēptos, verbal of lambanein to take, seize — more at nuptial, latch : one seized with nympholepsy < the nympholepts of old — Augustine Birrell > II. adjective : nympholeptic