nymphomanian.
/ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌnɪmfoʊˈmeɪniə/ 1. Uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire, spec. in a woman. Frequently hyperbolical. Cf. satyriasis n.Kersey takes his entry from Steven Blankaart's Physical Dict. (Latin–English) of 1684.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > excessive or uncontrollable
satyriasis1629
nymphomania1708
hypersexuality1915
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > nymphomania
nymphomania1708
metromania1848
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Nymphomania, the same that Furor Uterinus.
1775 E. S. Wilmot tr. M. D. T. de Bienville (title) Nymphomania, or, a dissertation concerning the furor uterinus.
1800 tr. W. Cullen Nosology (1820) 230 Melancholia..(c) With vehement love, without satyriasis or nymphomania.
1860 T. H. Tanner On Signs & Dis. Pregnancy xi. 435 In a few rare cases, the attack has degenerated into nymphomania.
1876 D. Ferrier Functions of Brain 122 The girl..in whom the cerebellum was absent suffered from nymphomania.
1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. iii. 69 It is said that maidens suffering from peculiar nervous diseases, such as nymphomania,..and some forms of hysteria, should marry, as a cure usually follows.
1962 C. Allen Textbk. Psychosexual Disorders v. xvi. 306 Since writers..have become fascinated with the concept of nymphomania..it might be as well here to state that it is clinically very rare.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 15 Oct. The most celebrated story about Catherine the Great is no more than a politically motivated slur... Catherine's nymphomania is a schoolboy legend.
2. Veterinary Medicine. A condition characterized by continuous, abnormally long, or abnormally frequent periods of oestrus, seen especially in cows and sometimes associated with ovarian cysts.
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1871 F. A. Gunther New Man. Homoeopath. Vet. Med. 154 Nymphomania. This affection generally appears at the commencement of spring: the animals affected become dull, weak, and out of condition; at other times nervous and irritable, with a frequent voiding of urine.
1893 J. H. Sanders Horse-breeding 323 A mare affected with nymphomania is a continual disturber of the peace and quiet in the stable, and often dangerous while in harness.
1903 N. S. Mayo Care of Animals ix. 195 In some animals, especially cows, there is often observed a disease, known as nymphomania, which is an abnormal sexual excitement.
1967 L. W. van den Heever tr. H. J. Heidrich & W. Renk Dis. Mammary Glands Domest. Animals v. 48/1 In nymphomania the cysts should be ruptured when possible and chorionic gonadotropin..administered subcutaneously or intracystally to prevent recrudescence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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