frottage /FRAW-tawzh/. noun. Taking a rubbing from a textured surface, such as from a gravestone. Sexually touching or rubbing, while clothed, against someone. From French frotter (rub, scrub, scrape, caress).
“It glowed, an eerie, mechanical hatchery, replete with all the secret trip levers of an ingenious Max Ernst frottage.” (Richard Powers)
“His hand slides slowly down the pole, touching her fingers, so she bids her fingers retreat. He chases, they bump again, she retreats farther. Their hands slide down, all without eye contact. One of many daily contests here. Beware of frottage. Readjust your balance at every lurch. If you don’t know what time it is, wait for a peek when he changes his grip.” (Colson Whitehead)
“He riffles through his drawer, handing me one last ”curiosity object,“ an English pamphlet describing every conceivable sexual act, beginning with frottage…” (Malena Watrous)
“Tantric Zen, which combined profound vanity, diffuse mysticism and sexual frottage, flourished.” (Michel Houllebecq)
“…there had to be more in this life than endodontics and income properties and guilt-laden late night frottage with sloe-eyed dental assistants.” (Harlan Ellison)
“Everyone’s very excited, at everything. Drum and Bugle Competition in Miller Lite Tent. On the crowded path outside Farm Expo a man engages in blatant frottage. Corn-fed young ladies in overalls cut off at the pockets.” (David Foster Wallace)
“You are right about my admiring Klee very much—but as it happens, THE MONUMENT was written more under the influence of a set of frottages by Max Ernst I used to own, called Histoire Naturel.” (Elizabeth Bishop)