nymphomaniac

Word family nounnymphaeNymphaeanymphaeumnymphalidnymphetnymphonympholepsynympholeptnymphomanianymphomaniacnymphadjectivenymphaeaceousnymphalnympheannymphicnymphishnymphlikenymphlynympholepticnymphomaniacal

nym·pho·ma·ni·ac /ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪniæk/ (also nympho /ˈnɪmfəʊ $ -foʊ/ informal) noun [countableC]

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 sexual desire were branded either as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs or lunatics.

Origin nymphomaniac

(1800-1900) nymphomania ((18-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin nymphae “outer parts of the female sex organs” + Late Latin mania ( → MANIA)

单词	nymphomaniac
释义	nymphomaniac Word family nounnymphaeNymphaeanymphaeumnymphalidnymphetnymphonympholepsynympholeptnymphomanianymphomaniacnymphadjectivenymphaeaceousnymphalnympheannymphicnymphishnymphlikenymphlynympholepticnymphomaniacal nym·pho·ma·ni·ac /ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪniæk/ (also nympho /ˈnɪmfəʊ $ -foʊ/ informal) noun [countableC] 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 sexual desire were branded either as prostitutes, nymphomaniacs or lunatics. Origin nymphomaniac (1800-1900) nymphomania ((18-21 centuries)), from Modern Latin nymphae “outer parts of the female sex organs” + Late Latin mania ( → MANIA)
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