nymphet

noun

nym·​phet nim-ˈfet  ˈnim(p)-fət 

variants or less commonly nymphette

: a sexually precocious girl barely in her teens

also : a sexually attractive young woman

Examples of nymphet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a moment of serendipity, Saber encounters an underage nymphet with the luscious nickname Strawberry (Suzanna Son) who works at the local doughnut shop but dreams of a life in a faraway place. —Erik Morse, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2021

Professor Humbert Humbert marries a widow to be near her nymphet daughter. —Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021

Few seemed willing to forgive her for being a spoiled, non-virginal nymphet. —Stacy Schiff, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2021

Her id-like nymphets bump up against censorious, finger-wagging brigades of peasant women and occasionally men — hapless tourists who have wandered into the wide shot. —Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020

The most dangerous creature of all is the nymphet, the femme fatale, the siren who will lead a good man to ruin, a common archetype threaded throughout art, music and literature. —Kim Liggett, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

nymphet from nymph + -et entry 1; nymphette from nymph + -ette, or borrowed from French nymphette (borrowed from English nymphet)

Note: In the sense given the word is dependent on its use by Vladimir nabokov in the novel Lolita (1955).

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above