frote

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frote

/fɹəʊt/

Rhymes with -əʊt

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From French frotter.

verb frotes · froting · froted

obsolete To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe. Let a man ſweat once a weeke in a Hothouſe, and be well rubd and froted with a good plumpe juicie wench, and ſweet linnen, he ſhall ne’re ha’ the Poxe.

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@misc{frote_2026,
  title = {frote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}