femmen.adj.

Brit.

/fɛm/, U.S.

/fɛm/

Forms: 1800s– femme, 1900s– fem (in senses A. 2 and B. 2).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French femme.

Etymology: < French femme woman, wife (pronounced /fam/: see feme n.). In the form fem and with the pronunciation /fɛm/ probably remodelled after fem- (in feminine adj.); compare fem sem n. Compare earlier feme n.

Chiefly colloquial.

A. n.

1. A woman; a wife; spec. (chiefly North American, esp. in the entertainment industry and in journalistic use) a young woman, a girl. Cf. sense B. 1 and feme n.Also in many compounds and phrases deriving from French: see cherchez la femme phr., femme du monde n., femme fatale n., etc.In later journalistic use frequently in alliterative phrases, perhaps after femme fatale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [noun]

wifeeOE

womaneOE

womanOE

queanOE

brideOE

viragoc1000

to wifeOE

burdc1225

ladyc1225

carlinec1375

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marec1387

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tega1529

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maness1594

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Madonna1602

moll1604

periwinkle1604

Partlet1607

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womanship?1609

modicum1611

Gypsy1612

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lucky1629

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her1646

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bitch1785

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gin1790

pintail1792

buer1807

femme1814

bibi1816

Judy1819

a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823

wifie1823

craft1829

shickster?1834

heifer1835

mot1837

tit1837

Sitt1838

strap1842

hay-bag1851

bint1855

popsy1855

tart1864

woman's woman1868

to deliver the goods1870

chapess1871

Dona1874

girl1878

ladykind1878

mivvy1881

dudess1883

dudette1883

dudine1883

tid1888

totty1890

tootsy1895

floozy1899

dame1902

jane1906

Tom1906

frail1908

bit of stuff1909

quim1909

babe1911

broad1914

muff1914

manhole1916

number1919

rossie1922

bit1923

man's woman1928

scupper1935

split1935

rye mort1936

totsy1938

leg1939

skinny1941

Richard1950

potato1957

scow1960

wimmin1975

womyn1975

womxn1991

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

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girla1375

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young person1438

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quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

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zitellaa1660

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miss1668

baby1684

burdie1718

demoiselle1720

queanie?1800

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muchacha1811

jilt1816

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gouge1828

craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

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chica1843

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bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

flapper1888

jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

1814 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 16 Jan. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 241 Divorce ruins the poor femme.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 34 The polka is greatly in favour with the femmes of this lumber.

1863 Let. Oct. in T. P. Lowry Story Soldiers wouldn't Tell (1994) iii. 34 These two femmes were carrying on quite a lucrative trade.

1899 T. Hall Tales 39 I used to think the femmes at the summer hops at West Point were the prettiest women in the world.

1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl iv. 52 Eight femmes and a pair of male hoofers take up the burden when she is off.

1944 Amer. Speech 19 310/2 The organizer of a Brush-off-club ‘made up of mournful soldiers who were given the hemlock cup by femmes back home’.

1969 Billboard 16 Aug. 82/2 New trio of femmes from New York area..with a happy beat rhythm item that should garner play and sales.

2003 BusinessWeek Jan. 27 85/1 The American family has something new going for it: the femmes who finance. After only three decades.., one in three wives now outearns her husband.

2. Originally U.S.

a. Frequently derogatory. An effeminate homosexual man. Cf. sense B. 2a.

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the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man

badlingeOE

milksopc1390

cockneyc1405

malkina1425

molla1425

weakling1526

tenderling1541

softling1543

niceling1549

woman-man1567

cocknel1570

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androgyne1587

meacock1590

mammaday1593

hermaphrodite1594

midwife1596

nimfadoro1600

night-sneaker1611

mock-mana1625

nan1670

she-man1675

petit maître1711

old woman1717

master-miss1754

Miss Molly1754

molly1785

squaw1805

mollycoddle1823

Miss Nancy1824

mollycot1826

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

ladyboy1857

girl1862

Mary Ann1868

sissy1879

milk1881

pretty-boy1881

nancy1888

poofter1889

Nancy Dawson1890

softie1895

puff1902

pussy1904

Lizzie1905

nance1910

quean1910

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

lily1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

queerie1933

palone1934

queenie1935

girlie-man1940

swish1941

puss1942

wonk1945

mother1947

candy-ass1953

twink1953

cream puff1958

pronk1959

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

pansy-ass1963

weeny1963

poofteroo1966

mo1968

shim1973

twinkie1977

woofter1977

cake boy1992

hermaphrodite-

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male

badlingeOE

nan1670

molly1708

Miss Molly1754

Miss Nancy1824

molly mop1829

poof1833

Margery?c1855

Mary Ann1868

pretty-boy1881

cocksucker1885

poofter1889

queer1894

fruit1895

fairy1896

homosexualist1898

puff1902

pussy1904

nance1910

quean1910

girl1912

faggot1913

mouser1914

queen1919

fag1921

gay boy1921

maricon1921

pie-face1922

bitch1923

Jessie1923

tapette1923

pansy1926

nancy boy1927

nelly1931

femme1932

ponce1932

punk1933

queerie1933

gobbler1934

jocker1935

queenie1935

iron1936

freak1941

swish1941

flit1942

tonk1943

wonk1945

mother1947

fruitcake1952

Mary1953

twink1953

swishy1959

limp wrist1960

arse bandit1961

leather man1961

booty bandit1962

ginger beer1964

bummer1965

poofteroo1966

shirtlifter1966

battyman1967

dick-sucker1968

mo1968

a friend of Dorothy1972

shim1973

gaylord1976

twinkie1977

woofter1977

bender1986

knob jockey1989

batty boy1992

cake boy1992

1932 ‘R. Scully’ Scarlet Pansy xii. 354 They drew themselves closer together as a femme pushed in beside Clarence and tried ‘to make him’.

2001 Guardian 27 Jan. 22/2 He was an old-school masculine gay... No ‘fem’ he.

2017 @dylanj_2001 4 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He's one of those gays who try to look and act masc but he's a femme at heart.

b. A lesbian whose appearance, behaviour, identity, etc., is regarded as feminine. Frequently in explicit or implied contrast with butch. Cf. sense B. 2b.Sometimes spec. in the context of a lesbian couple: a partner who takes on a more submissive or passive role (either sexually or in a more general sense), which may be thought of as analogous to that traditionally or stereotypically associated with the female in a heterosexual relationship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > female > whose appearance, behaviour, or identity is regarded as traditionally feminine

bitch1923

Margery1936

femme1947

Marge1957

mom1957

lipstick lesbian1983

1947 Vice Versa Nov. 10 The word ‘femme’, which is common in gay parlance and synonymous with ‘fluff’, is more suitable, I think.

1955 ‘A. Aldrich’ We walk Alone iv. 38 Ideally, she is kept by another stereotyped lesbian, the fem.

1996 Guardian 21 Aug. (Society section) 2/5 The counsellor..had strong stereotypes about ‘butch and femme’ relationships. She kept intimating that I was the femme and Susan was the butch.

2002 Time Out N.Y. 9 May 119/3 Although the party attracts a wide array of women, from ‘androdykes’ to motorcycle mavens, there's no doubt that foxy femmes rule.

2013 B. R. Rich New Queer Cinema vi. 55 Stephanie recalls pragmatically switching from femme to butch after an abusive relationship.

B. adj.

1. Chiefly North American. Esp. in the entertainment industry and in journalistic use: of or relating to a femme; designating a femme (sense A. 1). Also more generally: female, feminine.

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the world > people > person > woman > [adjective]

femalea1382

womanisha1393

faira1450

women's-kinsc1450

feminatea1533

womankind?c1570

womenkind1571

sex1700

mollyish1801

petticoated1824

femme1925

1925 Variety 8 Apr. 40/3 The star looks okay for the femme trade, but he won't make a hit with the men. His hair is combed too carefully.

1926 Variety 25 Aug. 55/2 A femme table worker in a local cabaret of little or no repute.

1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xxi. 247 We found the femme pulchritude above average.

1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Sept. h16 Los Angeles' best femme rockers, the Bangles, hold forth at the 9:30 club.

2007 T. R. Williamson Fly Solo 96/1 For those women who love femme power, you'll love this self-guided walking tour of Marie Curie's life.

2. Originally U.S.

a. Frequently derogatory. Of a man (esp. a homosexual man): effeminate.

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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

1963 J. Rechy City of Night ii. 105 I know the scene: Chuck the masculine cowboy and Miss Destiny the femme queen.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 12 Feb. 24 Today's homosexual can be..manly (‘stud’) or womanly (‘fem’).

1979 J. Rechy Rushes v. 78 Was that the cowboy who turned femme so quickly?

1994 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 15 Apr. d11/7 (advt.) Gay white male, 20, seeks someone special... I'm very femme.

2011 L. Sales Past Perfect iv. 32 Two girls and a femme guy who had played the doo-wop girls in our community theater's spring production of Little Shop of Horrors.

b. Of a lesbian: that is a femme (sense A. 2b); having an appearance, behaviour, identity, etc., which is regarded as feminine. Cf. femmy adj. 2b.

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1964 Lavender Lexicon Fem, short for feminine. This is the common expression of the lesbian denoting the submissive role.

1990 Gay Times Dec. (Centre section) 1/2 I would like to meet another bisexual female or a very femme lesbian, view to a permanent relationship.

2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 74 Hans liked her women forward, femme and fun to be with, and Wanda was all three.

2015 Observer (Nexis) 5 Apr. I'm confused about this recurring issue of whether people find it difficult to accept so-called ‘femme’ lesbians, because they look ‘too heterosexual’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	femme
释义	femmen.adj. Brit. /fɛm/, U.S. /fɛm/ Forms: 1800s– femme, 1900s– fem (in senses A. 2 and B. 2). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French femme. Etymology: < French femme woman, wife (pronounced /fam/: see feme n.). In the form fem and with the pronunciation /fɛm/ probably remodelled after fem- (in feminine adj.); compare fem sem n. Compare earlier feme n. Chiefly colloquial. A. n. 1. A woman; a wife; spec. (chiefly North American, esp. in the entertainment industry and in journalistic use) a young woman, a girl. Cf. sense B. 1 and feme n.Also in many compounds and phrases deriving from French: see cherchez la femme phr., femme du monde n., femme fatale n., etc.In later journalistic use frequently in alliterative phrases, perhaps after femme fatale. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [noun] wifeeOE womaneOE womanOE queanOE brideOE viragoc1000 to wifeOE burdc1225 ladyc1225 carlinec1375 stotc1386 marec1387 pigsneyc1390 fellowa1393 piecec1400 femalea1425 goddessa1450 fairc1450 womankindc1450 fellowessa1500 femininea1513 tega1529 sister?1532 minikinc1540 wyec1540 placket1547 pig's eye1553 hen?1555 ware1558 pussy?a1560 jade1560 feme1566 gentlewoman1567 mort1567 pinnacea1568 jug1569 rowen1575 tarleather1575 mumps1576 skirt1578 piga1586 rib?1590 puppy1592 smock1592 maness1594 sloy1596 Madonna1602 moll1604 periwinkle1604 Partlet1607 rib of man1609 womanship?1609 modicum1611 Gypsy1612 petticoata1616 runniona1616 birda1627 lucky1629 she-man1640 her1646 lost rib1647 uptails1671 cow1696 tittup1696 cummer17.. wife1702 she-woman1703 person1704 molly1706 fusby1707 goody1708 riding hood1718 birdie1720 faggot1722 piece of goods1727 woman body1771 she-male1776 biddy1785 bitch1785 covess1789 gin1790 pintail1792 buer1807 femme1814 bibi1816 Judy1819 a bit (also bundle) of muslin1823 wifie1823 craft1829 shickster?1834 heifer1835 mot1837 tit1837 Sitt1838 strap1842 hay-bag1851 bint1855 popsy1855 tart1864 woman's woman1868 to deliver the goods1870 chapess1871 Dona1874 girl1878 ladykind1878 mivvy1881 dudess1883 dudette1883 dudine1883 tid1888 totty1890 tootsy1895 floozy1899 dame1902 jane1906 Tom1906 frail1908 bit of stuff1909 quim1909 babe1911 broad1914 muff1914 manhole1916 number1919 rossie1922 bit1923 man's woman1928 scupper1935 split1935 rye mort1936 totsy1938 leg1939 skinny1941 Richard1950 potato1957 scow1960 wimmin1975 womyn1975 womxn1991 the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 1814 Ld. Byron Jrnl. 16 Jan. in Lett. & Jrnls. (1974) III. 241 Divorce ruins the poor femme. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 34 The polka is greatly in favour with the femmes of this lumber. 1863 Let. Oct. in T. P. Lowry Story Soldiers wouldn't Tell (1994) iii. 34 These two femmes were carrying on quite a lucrative trade. 1899 T. Hall Tales 39 I used to think the femmes at the summer hops at West Point were the prettiest women in the world. 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl iv. 52 Eight femmes and a pair of male hoofers take up the burden when she is off. 1944 Amer. Speech 19 310/2 The organizer of a Brush-off-club ‘made up of mournful soldiers who were given the hemlock cup by femmes back home’. 1969 Billboard 16 Aug. 82/2 New trio of femmes from New York area..with a happy beat rhythm item that should garner play and sales. 2003 BusinessWeek Jan. 27 85/1 The American family has something new going for it: the femmes who finance. After only three decades.., one in three wives now outearns her husband. 2. Originally U.S. a. Frequently derogatory. An effeminate homosexual man. Cf. sense B. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] > effeminate man badlingeOE milksopc1390 cockneyc1405 malkina1425 molla1425 weakling1526 tenderling1541 softling1543 niceling1549 woman-man1567 cocknel1570 effeminate1583 androgyne1587 meacock1590 mammaday1593 hermaphrodite1594 midwife1596 nimfadoro1600 night-sneaker1611 mock-mana1625 nan1670 she-man1675 petit maître1711 old woman1717 master-miss1754 Miss Molly1754 molly1785 squaw1805 mollycoddle1823 Miss Nancy1824 mollycot1826 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 ladyboy1857 girl1862 Mary Ann1868 sissy1879 milk1881 pretty-boy1881 nancy1888 poofter1889 Nancy Dawson1890 softie1895 puff1902 pussy1904 Lizzie1905 nance1910 quean1910 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 lily1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 queerie1933 palone1934 queenie1935 girlie-man1940 swish1941 puss1942 wonk1945 mother1947 candy-ass1953 twink1953 cream puff1958 pronk1959 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 pansy-ass1963 weeny1963 poofteroo1966 mo1968 shim1973 twinkie1977 woofter1977 cake boy1992 hermaphrodite- the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > male badlingeOE nan1670 molly1708 Miss Molly1754 Miss Nancy1824 molly mop1829 poof1833 Margery?c1855 Mary Ann1868 pretty-boy1881 cocksucker1885 poofter1889 queer1894 fruit1895 fairy1896 homosexualist1898 puff1902 pussy1904 nance1910 quean1910 girl1912 faggot1913 mouser1914 queen1919 fag1921 gay boy1921 maricon1921 pie-face1922 bitch1923 Jessie1923 tapette1923 pansy1926 nancy boy1927 nelly1931 femme1932 ponce1932 punk1933 queerie1933 gobbler1934 jocker1935 queenie1935 iron1936 freak1941 swish1941 flit1942 tonk1943 wonk1945 mother1947 fruitcake1952 Mary1953 twink1953 swishy1959 limp wrist1960 arse bandit1961 leather man1961 booty bandit1962 ginger beer1964 bummer1965 poofteroo1966 shirtlifter1966 battyman1967 dick-sucker1968 mo1968 a friend of Dorothy1972 shim1973 gaylord1976 twinkie1977 woofter1977 bender1986 knob jockey1989 batty boy1992 cake boy1992 1932 ‘R. Scully’ Scarlet Pansy xii. 354 They drew themselves closer together as a femme pushed in beside Clarence and tried ‘to make him’. 2001 Guardian 27 Jan. 22/2 He was an old-school masculine gay... No ‘fem’ he. 2017 @dylanj_2001 4 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) He's one of those gays who try to look and act masc but he's a femme at heart. b. A lesbian whose appearance, behaviour, identity, etc., is regarded as feminine. Frequently in explicit or implied contrast with butch. Cf. sense B. 2b.Sometimes spec. in the context of a lesbian couple: a partner who takes on a more submissive or passive role (either sexually or in a more general sense), which may be thought of as analogous to that traditionally or stereotypically associated with the female in a heterosexual relationship. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual orientation > homosexuality > [noun] > a homosexual person > female > whose appearance, behaviour, or identity is regarded as traditionally feminine bitch1923 Margery1936 femme1947 Marge1957 mom1957 lipstick lesbian1983 1947 Vice Versa Nov. 10 The word ‘femme’, which is common in gay parlance and synonymous with ‘fluff’, is more suitable, I think. 1955 ‘A. Aldrich’ We walk Alone iv. 38 Ideally, she is kept by another stereotyped lesbian, the fem. 1996 Guardian 21 Aug. (Society section) 2/5 The counsellor..had strong stereotypes about ‘butch and femme’ relationships. She kept intimating that I was the femme and Susan was the butch. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 9 May 119/3 Although the party attracts a wide array of women, from ‘androdykes’ to motorcycle mavens, there's no doubt that foxy femmes rule. 2013 B. R. Rich New Queer Cinema vi. 55 Stephanie recalls pragmatically switching from femme to butch after an abusive relationship. B. adj. 1. Chiefly North American. Esp. in the entertainment industry and in journalistic use: of or relating to a femme; designating a femme (sense A. 1). Also more generally: female, feminine. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] femalea1382 womanisha1393 faira1450 women's-kinsc1450 feminatea1533 womankind?c1570 womenkind1571 sex1700 mollyish1801 petticoated1824 femme1925 1925 Variety 8 Apr. 40/3 The star looks okay for the femme trade, but he won't make a hit with the men. His hair is combed too carefully. 1926 Variety 25 Aug. 55/2 A femme table worker in a local cabaret of little or no repute. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential ii. xxi. 247 We found the femme pulchritude above average. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Sept. h16 Los Angeles' best femme rockers, the Bangles, hold forth at the 9:30 club. 2007 T. R. Williamson Fly Solo 96/1 For those women who love femme power, you'll love this self-guided walking tour of Marie Curie's life. 2. Originally U.S. a. Frequently derogatory. Of a man (esp. a homosexual man): effeminate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 1963 J. Rechy City of Night ii. 105 I know the scene: Chuck the masculine cowboy and Miss Destiny the femme queen. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 12 Feb. 24 Today's homosexual can be..manly (‘stud’) or womanly (‘fem’). 1979 J. Rechy Rushes v. 78 Was that the cowboy who turned femme so quickly? 1994 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 15 Apr. d11/7 (advt.) Gay white male, 20, seeks someone special... I'm very femme. 2011 L. Sales Past Perfect iv. 32 Two girls and a femme guy who had played the doo-wop girls in our community theater's spring production of Little Shop of Horrors. b. Of a lesbian: that is a femme (sense A. 2b); having an appearance, behaviour, identity, etc., which is regarded as feminine. Cf. femmy adj. 2b. ΚΠ 1964 Lavender Lexicon Fem, short for feminine. This is the common expression of the lesbian denoting the submissive role. 1990 Gay Times Dec. (Centre section) 1/2 I would like to meet another bisexual female or a very femme lesbian, view to a permanent relationship. 2000 P. Agbabi Transformatrix 74 Hans liked her women forward, femme and fun to be with, and Wanda was all three. 2015 Observer (Nexis) 5 Apr. I'm confused about this recurring issue of whether people find it difficult to accept so-called ‘femme’ lesbians, because they look ‘too heterosexual’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1814
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