nympho
/ˈnɪmfoʊ/noun
Informal, derogatory term for a nymphomaniac
From English nymphomaniac (A person described as having excessive sexual desire).
Lineage
Germanicnot directly attested
Selected stage
Modern English
nympho — Informal, derogatory term for a nymphomaniac
The story
Nympho is an informal, derogatory clipping of nymphomaniac, used for a person described by that term. The research gives no further origin for nymphomaniac, so the history available here ends with the English source word and its shortened form.
Words from the same roots
nymphomaniac · English, ‘A person described as having excessive sexual desire; source of the clipping nympho.’
Derivednymphomania, nympho
Sources
- Wikipedianympho
- Wiktionarynympho, hypersexuality