"lolita" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləʊlˈli.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /loʊlˈli.ɾə/ [General-American], /ləlˈli.ɾə/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-lolita.ogg [US] Forms: lolitas [plural]
Etymology: From the title character, Dolores “Lolita” Haze, of Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Lolita}} Lolita Head templates: {{en-noun}} lolita (plural lolitas)
  1. A young girl who is sexually alluring. Synonyms: jailbait, nymph, nymphet, nymphette Translations (sexually alluring girl): 蘿莉 (Chinese Mandarin), 萝莉 (luólì) (Chinese Mandarin), lolita [feminine] (Czech), lolita [common-gender] (Danish), lolita (Finnish), Frühreifes Mädchen (German), λολίτα (lolíta) [feminine] (Greek), νυμφίδιο (nymfídio) [neuter] (Greek), ロリ (rori) (Japanese), 로리 (rori) (Korean), Лоли́та (Lolíta) [feminine] (Russian), лоли́та (lolíta) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lolita-en-noun-gtJrIhxZ Disambiguation of 'sexually alluring girl': 96 4
  2. (fashion) A follower of Lolita fashion. Categories (topical): Fashion
    Sense id: en-lolita-en-noun-sJbZ0Nw8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77 Topics: fashion, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: beautiful woman, girl, promiscuous woman Derived forms: Gothic Lolita, lolicon, Lolitaesque, Sweet Lolita
Synonyms: biddy [uncommon], filly [dated], gaolbait [rare, slang], gamine, jailbait [slang], jail bait [slang], jail-bait [slang], loli [informal], lolita, nymph, nymphe [archaic, rare], nymphet, nymphette, prostitot [Canada, US, derogatory, slang], prosti-tot [Canada, US, derogatory, slang], PYT, sweet young thing Related terms: lass, lassie, paedophilia, pedophilia, paedophile, pedophile, chit, hussy, kinderwhore [derogatory, idiomatic, vulgar], minx, poppet, quiff [slang], randy

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Лоли́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lolíta",
      "sense": "sexually alluring girl",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лоли́та"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Lolita",
    "Vladimir Nabokov"
  ],
  "word": "lolita"
}

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