femme:

Or: fem :

1. A woman .

2. In lesbian terminology: a) the partner who takes the passive or female role in a relationship and/or sexual-relations ; b) a lesbian that complies with female gender-roles ; c) a feminine-looking lesbian prostitute ; d) the more feminine half of a lesbian couple .

3. In gay terminology, an effeminate male or one's feminine mate .

4. Derogatory word for an effeminate homosexual male.

5. In lesbian terminology, a person who participates in or imitates in style the female culture.

6. Feminine appearing; womanish.

See Also: androdyke, androgynous dyke, baby dyke, butch, butch femme, Cruella, fairy lady, fem, femmy, femoke, flannel-shirt dyke, fluff, gaychick, hermaphrodite dyke, hermaphrodyke, molly dyke, soft butch, stone butch, stone femme, Tri Ess

Quotes Containing femme:
Brian Roberts (Michael York) to Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) in Cabaret (1972): ''Behaving like some ludicrous little underage femme-fatale . You''re about as fatale as an afterdiner mint .''
Brian Roberts (Michael York) to Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) in Cabaret (1972): 'Behaving like some ludicrous little underage femme-fatale . You're about as fatale as an afterdiner mint .'
Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): ''Thanks to photography and film, Americans have created and worshiped more femme icons than all previous centuries combined. Each of our decades has produced several new images. For the most part, men dreamed up these images and named them, and women have worked hard to copy their shapes and costumes. If there is a single attribute that most of these modern images possess, its "sex-appeal " - a relatively new and daring term in English. American men have categorized their women by sexual types and nicknamed them with suggestively playful tags. In centuries past, where a virtue-vice dichotomy prevailed, women came in only two types: good or bad , whores or madonnas, mothers or mistresses. ''
Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): ''Thanks to photography and film, Americans have created and worshiped more femme icons than all previous centuries combined. Each of our decades has produced several new images. For the most part, men dreamed up these images and named them, and women have worked hard to copy their shapes and costumes. If there is a single attribute that most of these modern images possess, its "sex-appeal " - a relatively new and daring term in English. American men have categorized their women by sexual types and nicknamed them with suggestively playful tags. In centuries past, where a virtue-vice dichotomy prevailed, women came in only two types: good or bad , whores or madonnas, mothers or mistresses. ''
Charles Panati. Sexy Origins and Intimate Things (1998): ''Thanks to photography and film, Americans have created and worshiped more femme icons than all previous centuries combined. Each of our decades has produced several new images. For the most part, men dreamed up these images and named them, and women have worked hard to copy their shapes and costumes. If there is a single attribute that most of these modern images possess, its "sex-appeal " - a relatively new and daring term in English. American men have categorized their women by sexual types and nicknamed them with suggestively playful tags. In centuries past, where a virtue-vice dichotomy prevailed, women came in only two types: good or bad , whores or madonnas, mothers or mistresses. ''

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