fricatrice
English
Etymology
Compare Latin frictrix, from fricare (“to rub”).
Noun
fricatrice (plural fricatrices)
- (obsolete) A lewd woman; a harlot.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- (obsolete) A woman who masturbates
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fricatrice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)