Nymphet
//nɪmˈfɛt// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small nymph. obsolete
"Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere."
- 2 a sexually attractive young woman wordnet
- 3 A sexually attractive girl or young woman.
"[…] the fey grace, the elusive, shifty, soul-shattering, insidious charm that separates the nymphet from such coevals of hers […]"
Example
More examples"Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere."
Etymology
From nymph + -et (“diminutive”), first attested 1612. The second sense was popularized by Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.
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