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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A woman of great seductive charm who leads men into compromising or dangerous situations.
  2. n. An alluring, mysterious woman.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Etymologies

  1. Borrowing from French femme fatale (literally "deadly woman"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French : femme, woman + fatale, deadly. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “So if Bella’s not the femme fatale in this situation, and Elissa’s not the femme fatale, then I guess one doesn’t exist.”

    Simon & Schuster: DANI NOIR

  • “This, of itself, made a femme fatale of Kitty Cartarette.”

    Scales of Justice

  • “If this were a movie and the sun was going down on Shanosha, the femme fatale would have the last laugh, of course, walking off into the sunset with all her secrets.”

    Simon & Schuster: DANI NOIR

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  1. ingenue

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  1. woman
  1. adult female

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  • whichbe 1. A seductive woman who lures men into dangerous or compromising situations.
    2. An alluring, mysterious woman of charm and mystery. (From WordCraft) May 20, 2008

  • singlepayernow i like to live on the edge Jan 18, 2007

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