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nymphets

nymphets is the plural of nymphet.

Meaning of nymphet

Noun

nymphet (plural nymphets)

  1. (obsolete) A small nymph.
    • Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere.1612 Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion I. xi. Argt. 171
  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 […]1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, published August 1958, →OCLC, part 1, page 19

Questions about nymphets

What is nymphets the plural of?
Nymphets is the plural of nymphet.

Words near nymphets in the dictionary

  1. nymphectomy
  2. nymphed
  3. nymphes
  4. nymphet
  5. nymphetry
  6. nymphets
  7. nymphette
  8. nymphettes
  9. nympheum
  10. nympheums
  11. nymphic

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