Why this word is great
NYMPHOLEPSY — [Noun] A frenzied state of intense, often erotic emotion, especially directed toward something or someone unattainable, historically believed to be inspired by nymphs. From nympho- (from Greek nymphē, "nymph") + -lepsy (from Greek -lēpsis, "seizing, frenzy"), modeled after Greek nymphólēptos ("frenzied by the nymphs"). Unlike "ecstasy" (which dissolves the self in joy) or "infatuation" (which fades with familiarity), nympholepsy is a hunger without satiation, a madness with a muse. It is the poet staring at the river until his reflection dissolves into the water’s shimmer, the traveler chasing a figure who vanishes behind every tree, or the lover who wakes from a dream with the taste of honey still on his tongue—proof that the most exquisite suffering is to be touched, just once, by what cannot be held.