Erotomania

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 415

Erotomania, a term used for morbid and extravagant love-passion either melancholic or maniacal (see INSANITY). In the latter case it is closely akin to the still more aggravated satyriasis (in men) and nymphomania (in women).

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