Meanings
nounerotolepsy (uncountable)
- uncountablepassionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania
He knew what aroused him in a woman. Everything aroused him in a woman. When it came to women he was in the last stages of chronic erotolepsy. Certifiable.
2011, Howard Jacobson, No More Mr Nice Guy, page 188
Origin
From eroto- + -lepsy, coined by Thomas Hardy.
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erotolepsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotolepsy
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“erotolepsy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erotolepsy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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