femmy

English

Alternative forms

• femme-y

Etymology

From femme +‎ -y.

Adjective

femmy (comparative more femmy, superlative most femmy)

1. (informal) Resembling 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.

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

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

   • 1999 March 12, A, “Re: bisexual attire”, in soc.bi‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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.

References

• Google Books search: [2]