Messalina complex

noun

Nymphomania; female hypersexuality.

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Meanings

nounMessalina complex (plural Messalina complexes)

plural Messalina complexes

  1. Nymphomania; female hypersexuality.

Origin

After Valéria Messalina, the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius.

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Messalina complex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Messalina%20complex

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