nymphet

noun — 2 senses

nymphet

noun

/nɪmˈfɛt/

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

1

Obsolete A small nymph.

  • Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere.1612 Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion I. xi. Argt. 171
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 […]1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 19:
Synonyms
jailbait, lolita, nymph
Derived terms
nymphetry
Coordinate terms
faunlet

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