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noun
The act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger, considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is frottage.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: lifestyle, sexuality
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A paraphilia involving sexual arousal from rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English frotteur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English frotteurism From frotteur + -ism.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
