erotolepsy

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English

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Etymology

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eroto- +‎ -lepsy, coined by Thomas Hardy.

Noun

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erotolepsy (uncountable)

  1. passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania
    • 2011, Howard Jacobson, No More Mr Nice Guy, page 188:
      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.

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