Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005614, Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:11:48 -0800

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Nymphet coinage
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From: "Chimene, Jeff" <Jeff.Chimene@etest.com>


> re: "Even the word nymphet, which Nabokov himself coined,..."
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> My edition of the OED dates the word to 1612.
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> Regards,
> Jeff Chimene
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EDITOR's NOTE. Interestering, but was it in the sense of a "Lolita"?