nympholepsy
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nym·pho·lep·sy
(nim'fō-lep'sē), Demoniac frenzy, especially of an erotic nature.
[nympho- + G. lēpsis, a seizure]
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(8) His amusing period of self-commitment yields a providential diagnosis that he reads in his chart: "'potentially homosexual' and 'totally impotent.'" Having successfully hidden his
nympholepsy, he gleefully signs himself out and arranges to return to work--"I mean my scholarly exertions" (35)--while boarding with a New England family with a preadolescent daughter.
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