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nymphomania en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/ (UK)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.
    • Camphor, however, has been used to counteract the conditions arising from nymphomania. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 213:

Forms

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nymphomanias Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

satyriasis

Deriveds

acronymphomania

Hypernyms

hypersexuality

Relateds

nympho · mania · horniness · -mania · nymphette · sexual addiction · nymphet · nymphomaniac · nymph · nymphomaniacal

Synonyms

furor uterinus · œstromania

Translations (24)

fr nymphomanie (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · it andromania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · scn ninfumanìa (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · cmn 慕男狂 (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · fr andromanie (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · sv nymfomani (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · de Nymphomanie (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · pt ninfomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · da nymfomani (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · nn nymfomani (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · cmn 女色情狂 (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · es ninfomanía (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · ja ニンフォマニア (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · ja 女子色情症 (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · ru андрома́ния (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · gl ninfomanía (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · ru нимфома́ния (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · cs nymfomanie (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · it ninfomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · fi nymfomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · nb nymfomani (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · nl nymfomanie (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · tr nemfomani (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women) · ca nimfomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women)