womyn

[ woom-uhn ]

noun,plural wim·yn, wom·yn [wim-in]. /ˈwɪm ɪn/.
  1. a woman (used chiefly in feminist writing as an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequences m-a-n and m-e-n).

Origin of womyn

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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