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- Latin · derived fromnympha
- English todaynymphomania
Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha + -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- + mania.
Words from the same roots
Latinnympha all →
nymphnympha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women. Full definition →