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Etymology of "Lolita"
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I am currently working on a paper for which I need to know the
etymological roots of the word/name
"Lolita." The only information I've been able to find credits Nabokov
himself as the creator of the
word (This is according to the Oxford English Dictionary as well as
several "less" reliable sources.
Does anybody know more on the subject?
-Ben Kramer-Miller
kramerb@UCHICAGO.EDU
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etymological roots of the word/name
"Lolita." The only information I've been able to find credits Nabokov
himself as the creator of the
word (This is according to the Oxford English Dictionary as well as
several "less" reliable sources.
Does anybody know more on the subject?
-Ben Kramer-Miller
kramerb@UCHICAGO.EDU
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Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu,chtodel@cox.net
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