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单词 nymphomania
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
nym•pho•ma•ni•a /ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪniə, -ˈmeɪnyə/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Psychiatry, Pathologyoverwhelmingly strong sexual desire in a female. Compare satyriasis.
nym•pho•ma•ni•ac /ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪniˌæk/USA pronunciation  n. [countable], adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
nym•pho•ma•ni•a  (nim′fə mānē ə, -mānyə),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. Psychiatry, Pathologyabnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women. Cf. Don Juanism, satyriasis. 
  • Greek nympho- (see nymph, -o-) + -mania
  • 1790–1800;
nym•pho•ma•ni•ac  (nim′fə mānē ak′),USA pronunciation n., adj.  nym•pho•ma•ni•a•cal  (nim′fō mə nīə kəl),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
nymphomania /ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/ n
  1. a neurotic condition in women in which the symptoms are a compulsion to have sexual intercourse with as many men as possible and an inability to have lasting relationships with them
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, from Greek numphē nymph + -mania

ˌnymphoˈmaniac n , adj nymphomaniacal /ˌnɪmfəʊməˈnaɪəkəl/ adj
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