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nymphet

noun

  1. stereotype referring to young girls deemed sexually attractive
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /nɪmˈfɛt/

noun

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

  1. 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 […]