fricatrice

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fricatrice

/ˈfɹɪkətɹɪs/

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Compare Latin frictrix, from fricare (“to rub”).

noun fricatrices

obsolete A lewd woman or prostitute. And am asham'd you' should ha' no more forehead / Than thus to be the patron, or St. George, To a lewd harlot, a base fricatrice, / A female devil, in a male outside
obsolete A woman who masturbates.

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@misc{fricatrice_2026,
  title = {fricatrice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fricatrice},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}