Ringlust
Ringlust is a term used to describe a pronounced fascination with rings, encompassing both aesthetic appreciation and collecting, as well as, in some contexts, sexual arousal linked to rings or the act of handling and wearing them. The term combines “ring” with “lust” to signal an intense, sometimes compulsive interest in rings as objects, symbols, or stimuli.
The phrase is not part of formal scholarly terminology and is not widely defined in major dictionaries.
In practice, ringlust can manifest in several ways. For collectors, it involves acquiring varieties of rings—different