nymphomania

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha +‎ -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- +‎ mania.

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪniə

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nymphomania (countable and uncountable, plural nymphomanias)

  1. Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
    Synonyms: (now historical) furor uterinus, (obsolete) œstromania
    Hypernym: hypersexuality
    Coordinate term: satyriasis
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 213:
      Camphor, however, has been used to counteract the conditions arising from nymphomania.

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