nympholept
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nym·pho·lept
(nĭm'fə-lĕpt') 
n.
One who is in a state of nympholepsy.
n.
One who is in a state of nympholepsy.
[Greek numpholēptos, caught by nymph, frenzied : numphē, nymph + lēptos, seized (from lambanein, lēp-, to seize).]
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