Word familynounnymphaeNymphaeanymphaeumnymphalidnymphetnymphonympholepsynympholeptnymphomanianymphomaniacnymphadjectivenymphaeaceousnymphalnympheannymphicnymphishnymphlikenymphlynympholepticnymphomaniacal
SEX/HAVE SEX WITHa woman who wants to have sex often, usually with a lot of different men 慕男狂;女色情狂SYN sex maniac
—nymphomania /-niə/ noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
nymphomaniac• Did her frailness, her vulnerability on that first meeting make her appear a nymphomaniac?• Those few women who shocked public feeling with a display of sexualdesire were branded either as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs or lunatics.
Originnymphomaniac
(1800-1900)nymphomania((18-21 centuries)), from Modern Latinnymphae“outer parts of the female sex organs” + Late Latinmania ( → MANIA)