Fricatrice

//ˈfɹɪkətɹɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lewd woman or prostitute. obsolete

    "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. 2
    A woman who masturbates. obsolete

Example

More examples

"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"

Etymology

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

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