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femme fatale 

A beautiful, seductive, and usually evil female character in drama and literature. She is usually shown as a cruel, man-eating seductress. (Straight) men fall victim to her beauty and are eventually brought to ruin by her. The femme fatale is often a secret agent and/or a spy.

Another word for femme fatale is vamp; due to the fact that the femme fatale is often a sexual vampire, the term "vamp" stuck when introduced by the silent movies.

The femme fatale is usually played by a strong mezzo-soprano in opera and musical theater.
Femme fatales show up often in film noir, James Bond stories, and murder mysteries.

They are often much stronger and more cunning characters than their foils; the often inept damsel in distress and the sweet, fawn-eyed, but naive ingenue.
femme fatale by Lorelili December 30, 2005
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femme fatay

Noun. The distaff version of the femme fatale. (late 19th Century British slang usage; obsolete)

1. A seductive male, typically of homosexual or bisexual persuasion, who lures men or women into dangerous or compromising situations;

2. a man who attracts men or women by an aura of charm and mystery.
"Lord Alfred Douglas can be considered, using the Whitechapel slang of the time, the 'femme fatay' that did in Oscar Wilde."

-- Patricia Cornwell "Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed" (2002)
femme fatay by Tummy AuGratin April 13, 2006

femme fatale 

A beautiful and seductive woman with a very charming and usually unique or mysterious personality. Men become very interested in her and become distracted and fascinated by her charming, attractive qualities. She then leads men into negative or unpleasant situations, where the victim highly regrets ever getting involved with her. Sometimes the situation will turn dangerous or even deadly, depending on the level of manipulation she has over the victim. Most of the time she will gain complete control over the victim by seducing him or engaging in some sort sexual relations with him.
She is such a femme fatale. She uses her seductive attitude and beauty to manipulate men. She seems so sweet on the outside, but she is very rotten and twisted on the inside.

Femme fatale 

“And everybody knows/she’s a femme fatale”
Femme fatale by Hallohillo July 22, 2019

femme fatale 

A seductive, intelligent, witty and classy female assassin who goes predominantly against male targets who are lured into following her because she acts like a cock tease, but quickly meet their deaths when they least suspect it.

The term has become slightly overused/extended to include any woman who shows even the slightest hint of being femme fatale, or wearing black leather, to describe herself.
That femme fatale I used to call my girllfriend. stuck a gun in my nuts and threatened to give me a .44 calibre vasectomy. So I bitch slapped her.
femme fatale by Gumba Gumba March 13, 2004

femme fatale 

a woman who manipulates men to do her dirty work
femme fatale by tori October 1, 2003