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Nymphe vs Nymphet - What's the difference?

nymphe | nymphet |

As nouns the difference between nymphe and nymphet

is that nymphe is nymph while nymphet is (obsolete) a small nymph.

nymphe

English

Noun

  • (rare, or, archaic)
  • ----

    nymphet

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nymphette

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small nymph.
  • * 1612 (Michael Drayton), (Poly-Olbion) I. xi. Argt. 171:
  • *:Of the nymphets sporting there In Wyrrall, and in Delamere.
  • A sexually attractive girl or young woman.
  • Usage notes

    More common than the alternative spelling nymphette, which uses the more standard feminine suffix .

    Synonyms

    * jailbait, lolita, nymph

    References

    * The changing English language, Brian Foster, 1968, pp. 185–186 – on spelling nymphet versus nymphette