(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:30:57

Nym"pho*lep`sy (?), n. [Gr. a nymph + to seize.]

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

[R.]

De Quincey.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

 

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