Nympholepsy \Nym"pho*lep`sy\, n. [Gr. ? a nymph + ? to seize.] A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] --De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. --Byron.
nympholepsy n : a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable