Frottage Definition
frô-täzh
noun
Sexual gratification from rubbing against the body of another person, often, specif., from rubbing against a stranger in a public place.
Webster's New World
An artistic rubbing or tracing from a surface that is textured, raised, etc.
Webster's New World
A method of making a design by placing a piece of paper on top of an object and then rubbing over it, as with a pencil or charcoal.
American Heritage
A design so made.
American Heritage
The act of consensual rubbing between two or more people, either clothed or unclothed, to attain sexual gratification.
American Heritage Medicine
verb
To rub, especially to rub onto one surface placed upon another surface that is textured, in order to create a mottled or patterned area on the first surface.
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Other Word Forms of Frottage
Noun
Singular:
frottagePlural:
frottagesOrigin of Frottage
French from frotter to rub from Old French froter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French frotter (to rub).
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