adjective
- characterized by or relating to an ecstatic frenzy, especially one inspired by desire for an unattainable ideal
Usage: literary; rare
Examples
- The poet’s nympholeptic verses expressed his yearning for perfect beauty.
- She fell into a nympholeptic state while contemplating the sublime landscape.
- His nympholeptic pursuit of artistic perfection consumed his entire life.
- The philosopher described a nympholeptic longing for absolute truth.
- The artist’s nympholeptic devotion to his craft bordered on obsession.