Tribade

//ˈtɹɪbəd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.

    "Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts."

  2. 2
    a female homosexual wordnet

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"Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts."

Etymology

From Middle French tribade, and its source, Latin tribad-, from Koine Greek τριβάς (tribás), from Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).

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