lolita

lolita (sexually precocious young girl)

noun loh-LEE-tah Rare

Origin: From the 1955 Nabokov novel Lolita.

Usage Note

Lolita entered Italian as a cultural borrowing from Nabokov's novel and is used as a common noun to describe a seductive, sexually precocious adolescent girl. Its use is inherently charged and often critical or ironic; avoid in formal or neutral registers. The plural is invariable (le lolita) as a foreign loan.

Examples

"Il personaggio è una classica lolita letteraria."

Natural Translation

The character is a classic literary lolita.

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