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homme fatale

homme fatale is the alternative form of homme fatal.

Meaning of homme fatal

Noun

homme fatal (plural hommes fatals)

  1. An ultimately seductive and dangerous man; a womanizer.
    • However, the danger of the homme fatal, as embodied in today's boyish male hustler, is that he will leave, disappearing to other loves, other lands.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae
    Antonyms:
    ingenu

Forms of homme fatale

pluralhomme fatales
pluralhommes fatales

Questions about homme fatale

What is homme fatale the alternative form of?
Homme fatale is the alternative form of homme fatal.

Words near homme fatale in the dictionary

  1. hommage
  2. hommages
  3. Homme
  4. homme de lettres
  5. homme fatal
  6. homme fatale
  7. homme fatales
  8. Hommel
  9. Hommels
  10. hommer
  11. Hommertzheim

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