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Nymphet vs Nymphetry - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between nymphet and nymphetry

is that nymphet is a small nymph while nymphetry is the state of being a nymphet.

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

    nymphetry

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonce) The state of being a nymphet.
  • * 1955 , Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
    • Of the rest, none had any claims to nymphetry except Eva Rosen. Avis was a plump lateral child with hairy legs, while Mona, though handsome in a coarse sensual way and only a year older than my aging mistress, had obviously long ceased to be a nymphet, if she ever had been one.