tribadism
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪbədɪz(ə)m/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edittribadism (uncountable)
- Lesbianism.
- (specifically) A sexual act in which two women rub their vulvas together.
- Synonyms: trib, tribbing, scissoring
- 1908, Medical Council: Volume 13, page 12:
- The Lesbian is the analogue among women of Persian love among men, and this perversion takes place in two ways, either by friction of the two female bodies, known as tribadism, or by the tongue, designated as cunnilinguism.
- 1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex[2], 3rd edition, volume 2:
- In Bali […] homosexuality is almost as common among women as among men, though it is more secretly exercised; the methods of gratification adopted are either digital or lingual, or else by bringing the parts together (tribadism).
Related terms
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editsexual practice
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See also
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tribadisme.
Noun
edittribadism n (uncountable)
- tribadism
- Synonyms: lesbianism, safism
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | tribadism | tribadismul |
genitive-dative | tribadism | tribadismului |
vocative | tribadismule |
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