femme-y

A form of femmy — Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).

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Meanings

adjective
  1. alternativeAlternative form of femmy.

    I had been spending my allowance on Radio Electonics Quarterly ^([sic]) and sneering at those femme-y morons who read Sixteen magazine and its ilk.

    1979 April 28, Maida Tilchen, “Can You Take A Joke?”, in Gay Community News, page 5
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APA

femme-y. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femme-y

MLA

“femme-y.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femme-y. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “femme-y,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femme-y.

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