fricatrice

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɪkətɹɪs/

Noun

fricatrice (plural fricatrices)

1. (obsolete) A lewd woman or prostitute.
   • 1605 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Volpone, or The Foxe. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii, page 498:

     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

2. (obsolete) A woman who masturbates.

See also

• tribade

References

• “fricatrice”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.