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Nymphomania

nymphomania
 noun  Etymology: New Latin, from nymphae inner lips of the vulva (from Latin, plural of nympha) + Late Latin mania mania  Date: 1775 excessive sexual desire by a female  • ~c noun or adjective  • ~cal adjective
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  n. excessive sexual desire in women. Derivatives nymphomaniac n. & adj. Etymology: mod.L (as NYMPH, -MANIA) ...
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  мед. нимфомания ...
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  1. мед. нимфомания ...
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  - 1775, in Eng. translation of "Nymphomania, or a Dissertation Concerning the Furor Uterinus," by Fr. doctor M.D.T. Bienville, coined from Gk. nymphe "bride" + mania "madness," perhaps influenced by earlier Fr. nymphomanie. Defined as "a female disease characterized by morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire." Also coined in 1775 was nympholepsy, on model of epilepsy, from Gk. lambanein "to take;" defined as "a state of rapture supposed to be inspired in men by nymphs; esp. an ecstasy or frenzy caused by desire for the unattainable." Nympho "nymphomaniac" is from 1935. ...
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