Home › Words › N › nymphomanianymphomania/nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/nymphomania means excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.nymphomania is pronounced /nɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə/.EtymologyBorrowed from New Latin, from Latin nympha + -mania. By surface analysis, nympho- + mania.nounExcess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.e.g.“Camphor, however, has been used to counteract the conditions arising from nymphomania.” — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 213:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).