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contrectations

contrectations is the plural of contrectation.

Meaning of contrectation

Noun

contrectation (countable and uncountable, plural contrectations)

  1. The initial stage of the sexual act involving manual contact and tumescence; sexual foreplay.
    • Most animals have no desire for contrectation. In man the impulse of contrectation is the more important.1915, Bernard Simon Talmey, Love, a Treatise on the Science of Sex-attraction, page 107
  2. (obsolete) A touching or handling; manipulation.

Questions about contrectations

What is contrectations the plural of?
Contrectations is the plural of contrectation.

Words near contrectations in the dictionary

  1. Contrazy
  2. contre-jour
  3. contrecoup
  4. contrecoups
  5. contrectation
  6. contrectations
  7. contredance
  8. contredances
  9. contredanse
  10. contredanses
  11. contree

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