Nymphomania

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  nymphomania \nym`pho*ma"ni*a\ (n[i^]m`f[-o]*m[=a]"n[i^]*[.a]),
     n. [Gr. ny`mfh a bride + mani`a madness.] (Med.)
     An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women,
     constituting a true disease.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nymphomania
       n : abnormally intense sexual desire in women

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "nymphomania":
     andromania, animality, aphrodisia, bawdiness, biological urge,
     bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania,
     concupiscence, desire, dirtiness, eromania, eroticism,
     eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshliness,
     fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness,
     hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality,
     itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness,
     libidinousness, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust,
     lustfulness, obscenity, passion, polymorphous perversity,
     prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity,
     satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire,
     sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, uteromania,
     venereal appetite