Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
nymphomaniacal . - noun A woman who is affected with nymphomania.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman afflicted with nymphomania.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A woman with
excessive sexual desire . - adjective of a woman Having excessive sexual desire.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire
- noun a woman with abnormal sexual desires
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Examples
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A person fell off a cable car, claimed she became a nymphomaniac from the fall, sued the City of San Francisco and won more than a million.
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For example, the label of "nymphomaniac" that gets slapped onto Hannah, and that Hoffmann is suspicious of, proves to hide all sorts of assumptions about sex, gender, and society.
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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For example, the label of "nymphomaniac" that gets slapped onto Hannah, and that Hoffmann is suspicious of, proves to hide all sorts of assumptions about sex, gender, and society.
98 Reasons for Being 2005
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Pamela Anderson hits the beach again in another skimpy bikini ... but without her mystery man actress says she was a "nymphomaniac" at ...
WN.com - Articles related to Pamela Anderson confesses cocaine abuse 2009
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"nymphomaniac", which was far too strong a word for what, post-sexual revolution, is perfectly normal behaviour.
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'nymphomaniac', 'prostitute', 'boozy' and so forth seemed - though stirred by the play - to be completely off the track, or nearly so.
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The 1974 horror film is a Blaxploitation answer to "The Exorcist," in which an archaeologist's wife is transformed into a nymphomaniac when a Yoruba trickster god takes charge of her body.
Mixing and Maximizing Steve Dollar 2011
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What had the man done to me—turned me into a nymphomaniac?
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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I know it has drawn derision as being too arch but, come on, Isabelle Huppert as a celibate nymphomaniac?!
Hal Hartley’s Trust – at last on DVD « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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I feel so care free that I could go down on a disabled child and call them a nymphomaniac, just like him.
Cheeseburger Gothic » There will be a short break in transmission while I get back under this bus. 2010
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