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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.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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Translations

nymphet

nymphette [nɪmˈfet] N → nínfula f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nymphet

n → Nymphchen nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nymphet

[ˈnɪmfɪt] n → ninfetta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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