erotolepsy

English

Etymology

eroto- +‎ -lepsy, coined by Thomas Hardy.

Noun

erotolepsy (uncountable)

1. passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania
   • 2011, Howard Jacobson, No More Mr Nice Guy, page 188:

     He knew what aroused him in a woman. Everything aroused him in a woman. When it came to women he was in the last stages of chronic erotolepsy. Certifiable.

Anagrams

• proteolyse