femmy

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivefemmy (comparative more femmy, superlative most femmy)

comparative more femmy · superlative most femmy · alternative femme-y

  1. informalResembling or characteristic of a femme (a feminine gay man or lesbian).

    1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure There's a new "performer" out called Tiny Tim. I'd heard quite a few things about him: guy with real long hair, real femmy.

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    Talks about world affairs, women music concerts, being held by a sexy fat dyke who is femmy and over 30.

    1985 April 20, “Would You Like (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 13

    Why do I wear a biker jacket? I like making people scared of me. I get treated better by the servers in the coffeehouses in the gaybourhood. Not to mention getting looked at by the dykes/bykes. :) Without the jacket, I get pushed around more on the subway, people don't get out of my way on crowded sidewalks, and men try to intimidate me -- I'm a wee femmy thing, most of the time.

    1999 March 12, A, “Re: bisexual attire”, in soc.bi (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

femmy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femmy

MLA

“femmy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femmy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “femmy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/femmy.

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