wommon

English

Etymology 1

Noun

wommon

1. Obsolete spelling of woman.

Etymology 2

Respelling to avoid the presence of man in the word.

Noun

wommon (plural womyn)

1. (rare) Feminist spelling of woman
   • 1989, Nett Hart, Spirited Lesbians: Lesbian Desire as Social Action, page 20:

     This communion occurs wommon to wommon, wommon to tree, sea to wommon and is not essentially sexual […]

   • 2002, Marsha Houston, Olga Idriss Davis, Centering Ourselves, page 138:

     You just think that because we're Black womyn, maybe that would be enough to at least start with, but sometimes it isn't. Sometimes, just being a Black wommon isn't enough.

Middle English

Noun

wommon

1. Alternative form of womman