nymphet

[ nim-fet, nim-fit ]

noun

1. a young nymph.
2. a sexually attractive young girl.
3. a sexually precocious girl or young woman.

nymphet

/ ˈnɪmfɪt /

noun

1. a young girl who is sexually precocious and desirable

Word History and Origins

Origin of nymphet¹

From the Middle French word nymphette, dating back to 1605–15. See nymph, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of nymphet¹

C17 (meaning: a young nymph): diminutive of nymph

Example Sentences

But these female characters are also reduced to a seductress tongue-wrestling with her dead husband’s brother and a tragic nymphet whose arc is cut even shorter in this adaptation of the story; Ophelia is barely introduced before she is killed off.

From New York Times

Her fortunes changed in 1963 when she found an image of a nymphet by Balthus to accompany a review of Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Lolita.”

From New York Times

“This valley girl slash intellectual slash little nymphet, it was like: Oh, my God, this girl is going to steal this episode.”

From Washington Post

She even saw a bit of her innocent self in Nabokov’s nymphet: “She was teetering on the brink of womanhood, like me. … She wants her own way, she’s moody, she wants to be treated like a grown-up, but behaves like a child. I got all that.”

From Washington Post

Professor Humbert Humbert marries a widow to be near her nymphet daughter.

From Los Angeles Times