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frictious

frictious adjective: of, related to, or caused by friction.

Adjective

frictious (comparative more frictious, superlative most frictious)

  1. (rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
    • We take out any shoots that are frictious against each other.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 390
  2. Somewhat abrasive; not completely smooth.
    • The juxtaposition of big, throaty harmonies to bloody murder on a quiet, hillside playground overlooking a cemetery provides a jolt of frictious hilarity.2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019

Synonyms of frictious

Forms of frictious

comparativemore frictious
superlativemost frictious

Questions about frictious

What does frictious mean?
Frictious means of, related to, or caused by friction.
What part of speech is frictious?
Frictious is an adjective.

Words near frictious in the dictionary

  1. frictionlessly
  2. frictionlessness
  3. frictionproof
  4. frictions
  5. frictiony
  6. frictious
  7. frictive
  8. frictives
  9. fricy
  10. Frida
  11. Fridamania

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