nympholepsy的词源

英文词源

nympholepsy (n.)

"frenzy or rapture supposed to take hold of a man upon gazing on a nymph," 1775, coined by Richard Chandler, in "Travels in Greece," from nymph, on model of epilepsy, with second element from stem of Greek lambanein "to take." Especially "an ecstasy or frenzy caused by desire for the unattainable." Ancient Greek had nympholeptos "caught by nymphs." Related: Nympholept; nympholeptic.

中文词源

nympholepsy：男色情狂，着迷

nympho-,仙女，-lepsy, 抓住，发狂。比喻用法，原指被仙或妖迷住的男子，后用来指发情的男人。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：nympholepsy 词源，nympholepsy 含义。

nympholepsy（狂热）：宁芙仙女对男人的神奇魔力　　

在希腊神话中，美丽多情的宁芙仙女对男人具有一种魔力，任何男人只要和她四目相对，立刻就会陷入对其不可抑制的强烈爱慕中。18世纪，旅行家理查德·钱德勒（Richard Chandler）在其作品《希腊游记》中，根据这个传说创造了nympholepsy一词，由nymph（宁芙）和lepsy（抓住、捕获）组成，字面意思就是“被宁芙仙女迷住”。

　　nympholepsy：['nɪmfə(ʊ),lepsɪ] n.狂热，着迷，狂乱