Crossword Dictionary
nymphet
nymphet - n
a sexually attractive young woman
Nymphet, also sometimes referred to as Coquette, is an aesthetic based on a character trope originated by Vladimir Nabokov in his book Lolita, published in 1955 and its movie adaptations from 1962 and 1997. Nymphet is an illusion created in the mind of Humbert Humbert, the (unreliable) main character and narrator of both the films and book. The term means "sexually precocious young girl," and was used by Humbert as a way to justify his predatory actions towards Dolores Haze, his victim.
Through a series of misunderstandings about the character type, a Lolita or nymphet was thought to be a young woman who purposefully pursues and manipulates older men into sexual situations, making them practically opposite of Nabokov's original intentions of depicting the character Dolores.