a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
adjective Also nym·pho·ma·ni·a·cal[nim-foh-muh-nahy-uh-kuhl] /ˌnɪm foʊ məˈnaɪ ə kəl/ .
(of a woman) afflicted with abnormally excessive sexual desire.
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But, you’re on the definition page for nymphomaniac … So, nymphomaniac is a sex-obsessed woman, got it.
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But he broke it to discuss the uncut version of Nymphomaniac at the Venice Film Festival (kind of).
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But even his biggest defenders will flinch at the assaults, sexual or not, that Joe has to endure in Nymphomaniac.
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The best and hardest thing about Nymphomaniac is watching the toll that sex takes on Joe.
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The character of Joe in Nymphomaniac is a fascinating one, to say the least.
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But in Nymphomaniac, the effect was achieved through CGI trickery.
‘Nymphomaniac,’ Lars von Trier’s Icy Orgy of Sex and Self-Loathing, Bows At Sundance|Marlow Stern|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You certainly had your hands full—a dual personality and a nymphomaniac.
The Bright Messenger|Algernon Blackwood
For an instant "nymphomaniac" flashed across his consciousness.
Painted Veils|James Huneker
I once described her as a maternal nymphomaniac, a metaphysical Messalina.
Unicorns|James Huneker
A nymphomaniac, in 1688, caused the Valencia tribunal an even longer term of perplexity.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3|Henry Charles Lea
And he said nothing when still a third nurse came his way; a woman who was callid, complaisant, and nauseatingly nymphomaniac.
This Crowded Earth|Robert Bloch
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