nymphet
Example Sentences
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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
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.
From Washington Post
Lyon was reportedly selected to play the character Dolores Haze from a cast of 800, with Kubrick describing her as the "perfect nymphet."
From BBC
After her casting, Nabokov described Lyon as the “perfect nymphet”.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
