1. A state of frenzy or ecstasy caused by desire for something unattainable; an obsessive longing.
Usage: plural form of nympholepsy; literary or formal; rare

Examples

• The poet's nympholepsies drove him to write verses about an ideal beauty he could never possess.
• His nympholepsies for the unattainable dream consumed his every waking moment.
• The character's nympholepsies were portrayed as both romantic and destructive in the novel.
• She suffered from artistic nympholepsies, forever chasing perfection in her work.