noun
- a state of rapture or ecstasy, especially one inspired by something unattainable
Usage: literary; rare
Examples
- The poet described his nympholepsy upon seeing the distant mountain peak.
- She fell into a kind of nympholepsy when contemplating the perfect sunset.
- His nympholepsy for the idealized past made him unable to appreciate the present.
- The artist’s nympholepsy drove him to create increasingly abstract works.
- Ancient writers often described nympholepsy as a divine madness sent by the gods.