Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

frottage

Syllabification: (frot·tage)
Pronunciation: /frôˈtäZH/

Definition of frottage

noun

  • 1 Art the technique or process of taking a rubbing from an uneven surface to form the basis of a work of art.
  • a work of art produced by taking a rubbing from an uneven surface.
  • 2the practice of touching or rubbing against the clothed body of another person in a crowd as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.

Derivatives

frotteur

Pronunciation: /-ˈtər/

noun (plural same)
frottage (sense 2).

frotteurism

Pronunciation: /-ˈtərˌizəm/

noun
frottage (sense 2).

Origin:

1930s: French, 'rubbing, friction'

frottage in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of frottage in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

synodic

/ sɪˈnɒdɪk /
adjective
relating to or involving the conjunction of celestial objects …