femmer en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
Likely from Old Norse fimr (“nimble, agile”).
Meanings
- (Northern-England) Thin, fragile.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more femmer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most femmer | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
femmer en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
From femme + -er.
Meanings
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(comparative, form-of) comparative form of femme: more femme
form of femme
If we see couples into butch-femme relationships, we go, "Oh, yick!" GRACE: Perhaps I'm a little butchier than she is and she's a little femmer. We both cook. I'm more of a breakfast cook and she's more of a dinner cook.
1983, Philip Blumstein, Pepper Schwartz, American Couples: Money, Work, Sex, William Morrow & Company, page 451:And ever-loving Lesbians, some butcher than even the butch muscled men, some femmer than the manikins in the Frederick's of Hollywood windows; yes, and the older gays — homosexuals, please! —are here, though not as many[…]
1989, John Rechy, The Sexual Outlaw: A Documentary : a Non-fiction Account, with Commentaries, of Three Days and Nights in the Sexual Underground, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177: