nymphet
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nym·phet
(nĭm-fĕt′, nĭm′fĭt)n.
A pubescent girl regarded as sexually precocious.
[From earlier nymphet, nymphette, small nymph, young nymph (applied in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita (1955) to a pubescent girl desired by the novel's narrator) : nymph + -et.]
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nymphet
(ˈnɪmfɪt)n
a young girl who is sexually precocious and desirable
[C17 (meaning: a young nymph): diminutive of nymph]
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nymph•et
(nɪmˈfɛt, ˈnɪm fɪt)n.
a sexually precocious girl.
[1955]
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Noun | 1. | nymphet - a sexually attractive young woman adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" |
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