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adj
Pertaining to a femme; feminine, female.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Topics: entertainment, journalism, lifestyle, media
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adj
Effeminate (of a man).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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adj
Characteristic of a feminine lesbian or queer woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: butch
noun
A woman; a wife; (now chiefly Canada, US) a young woman or girl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: fem, lipstick lesbian[lipstick lesbian
Antonyms: butch
noun
A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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History
Borrowed from French femme (“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.
