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English

Noun

nymphette (plural nymphettes)

1. Alternative form of nymphet
   • 1976, Arthur Calder-Marshall, The grand century of the lady (page 81)

     William Douglas was a Scotsman, as canny in his seduction of teenage girls, nymphettes who did not have to be necessarily virgin provided they were kittenish, as he was in his betting on near certain odds.

French

Etymology

From nymphe +? -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??.f?t/

Noun

nymphette f (plural nymphettes)

1. A small nymph.
2. A sexually attractive adolescent girl or young woman; nymphet.

Further reading

• “nymphette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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