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Ok, this has been driving me nuts for several months now! AWAD sent out a word a few months back (nymphomaniac). I was told that there is a male version of this word. I have not been able to find it. Anyone know?
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The condition is known as 'satyriasis.' But I don't know the corresponding form, doesn't seem readily available anywhere (chin up, though, I'm sure someone here already knows it or will find it for you). 
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I guess the obvious form would be satyr, but that conjures up the image of a horned guy tooting a horn (ultimately horny, I suppose ;). a couple of other possibilities are gynecomaniac and tentigo (the latter being a pretentious [and Latin] way of saying lecherousness).
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"nymphomaniac" links two defining features: being of female gender and being obsessed with the opposite sex.
Since, as we have seen, the notion of opposite (or "..version") has to be approached with pragmatism: what about average heterosexual male?
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what about average heterosexual male? Seems to me that that shoe fits. 
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Life is full of surprises. I thought I knew exactly what 'nymphomaniac' meant in etymological terms, but just found this in Merriam-Webster: Etymology: New Latin, from nymphae inner lips of the vulvaConclusions: the overall male equivalent for a 'nymphomaniac' would be a glandimaniac (sp?) However, if we limit the field to heterosexual males, the equivalent to 'nymphomaniac' would probably be 'nymphomaniac'!
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while I was only able to come up with satyr(omania) and a couple other synonyms for the male obsession, I find that there are *many words for nymphomania: andromania, clitoromania, phallomania, hysteromania, and uteromania. I think wsieber is on to something!
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the overall male equivalent
would surely be priapic
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Redundant. 'man' is sufficient...
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Surely, priapic just means having an erection. It doesn't indicate who or what the erection is directed at, and a man can be obsessive about sex without an erection all the time.
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