nymphet

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/nɪmˈfɛt/

Definition of nymphet

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A small nymph.
    “Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere.”
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A small nymph.
    “Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere.”
  2. 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 […]”

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Etymology

From nymph + -et (“diminutive”), first attested 1612. The second sense was popularized by Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita.

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