homme fatal

plural hommes fatals

1. An ultimately seductive and dangerous man; a womanizer.

   However, the danger of the homme fatal, as embodied in today's boyish male hustler, is that he will leave, disappearing to other loves, other lands.

   1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

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   Though mysterious, treacherous men are common characters in most Gothic works, some of the closest archetypes to the homme fatal can be found in the novels of Ann Radcliffe.

   2015, Samantha Lindop, Postfeminism and the Fatale Figure in Neo-Noir Cinema

   Antonyms: ingenu