noun
- a person seized with nympholepsy; one who is in an ecstatic frenzy, especially as if inspired by nymphs
Usage: rare; literary
Examples
- The poet wandered the forest like a nympholept, seeking divine inspiration.
- Ancient Greeks believed a nympholept had been touched by the divine presence of nature spirits.
- He spoke with the fervor of a nympholept, his eyes gleaming with otherworldly passion.
- The oracle was considered a nympholept, possessed by supernatural forces.
- Like a nympholept in the sacred grove, she felt overwhelmed by mystical visions.