Womyn

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Feminist spelling of woman. rare

    "Summoning all my courage, I touched and kissed a womyn for the first time. I cannot describe what I felt at that moment."

  2. 2
    Feminist spelling of women. rare

    "And I'm sure you know that so many straight womyn are so miserable that "going to the shrink" has become their major occupation, if they can afford it."

Example

More examples

"Summoning all my courage, I touched and kissed a womyn for the first time. I cannot describe what I felt at that moment."

Etymology

From woman and women; respelled so as not to contain the words man or men. Compare myn.

Related phrases

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