nymphette
- noun
- /nɪmˈfɛt/
- Offensive
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[Arcaico y ofensivo: término para una niña sexualmente atractiva]
- His fee is $25,000 up front, but because the Smiths do not have the money, he takes (and I do mean takes) the nymphette sister as his retainer.
Examples
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Many stories depict the allure of the nymphette as a symbol of youth and beauty.
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The artist created a series of paintings featuring a dreamy nymphette lost in her thoughts.
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Barris is having sex with two twenty-year-old nymphettes.
Fiction book (2002) -
In the novel, the main character falls for a charming nymphette who appears older than her years.
Synonyms
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8.2
A female spirit of nature often shown as a young beautiful woman
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9.8
A young girl who acts in a sexual way to attract older men
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9.9
A young girl shown as attractive to adults in a sexual way
How Seductive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nymphette also came to mean a young, attractive girl in literature because the Greek nymphē, the same root as nymph, meant 'young woman' and the French ending -ette adds 'small' or 'young'. So the word is used for a girl who is shown as sexually attractive or seductive in stories.