Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Unrestrained sexual behavior by a woman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Morbid and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Excess of sexual
behaviour ordesire in women.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormally intense sexual desire in women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The latter affections have long been recognized as the chief pathological condition in hysteria, and especially in that peculiar form of disease known as nymphomania, under the excitement of which a young woman, naturally chaste and modest, may be impelled to the commission of the most wanton acts.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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This disease, known as nymphomania, has been the occasion of the fall of many young women of the better classes who had been bred in luxury and idleness, but were never taught even the first lesson of purity or self-control.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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What we now loosely call nymphomania comes in many forms.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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What we now loosely call nymphomania comes in many forms.
London Free Press 2010
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What we now loosely call nymphomania comes in many forms.
Ottawa Sun 2010
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It is not uncommon and is called nymphomania, it can be controlled by medication and therapy.
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It is not uncommon and is called nymphomania, it can be controlled by medication and therapy.
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She was diagnosed with acute mania and erotomania, which Clark described as nymphomania a derangement of the genital organs.
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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Now an old friend has asked him to investigate a bizarre outbreak of nymphomania at the secret government facilities in Rocky Flats, Colorado.
Free eBook: The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by Mario Acevedo 2009
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Terms such as nymphomania, hysteria and frigidity were no longer used.
Tamara McClintock Greenberg: Woman Behind Tamara McClintock Greenberg 2012
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