erotolepsy means passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 77 out of 100.
Why this word is great
EROTOLEPSY — [Noun] A sudden, overwhelming seizure of passionate and urgent sensual desire, conceived as a somatic coup d'état. Coined by Thomas Hardy from the combining form eroto- (from Ancient Greek ἔρως, ἔρωτος (érōs, érōtos, "love")) and -lepsy (from Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, "seizure"), as in epilepsy). Unlike erotomania (which denotes a protracted, delusional obsession) or lust (a general, abiding appetite), erotolepsy is an acute paroxysm, a temporary possession. It is the scent of rain on hot pavement arresting you mid-stride; the accidental brush of a wrist that stops the breath; the weight of a gaze felt across a room before it is met—a fleeting, somatic reminder that the body, too, has its own catastrophic weather.
noun
- passionate sensual desire and longing, more urgently felt than erotomania“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.”