en femme
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the French phrase en femme, as in s’habille en femme. Compare the (English) femme.
Adverb
[edit]en femme (not comparable)
- (chiefly of a trans, non-binary, or cross-dressing person) Dressed in feminine clothing.
- 2002 July, Jane E. Hegland, Nancy J. Nelson, Cross-Dressers in Cyber-Space: Exploring the Internet as a Tool for Expressing Gendered Identity, in the International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, volume 7, issues 2–3, pages 139–161:
- Most of them also “love to shop”—especially en femme[.]
- 2002 July, Jane E. Hegland, Nancy J. Nelson, Cross-Dressers in Cyber-Space: Exploring the Internet as a Tool for Expressing Gendered Identity, in the International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, volume 7, issues 2–3, pages 139–161: