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tribadies

tribadies is the plural of tribady.

Meaning of tribady

Noun

tribady (countable and uncountable, plural tribadies)

  1. (uncountable) Lesbianism; tribadism.
    • The law notwithstanding, memoirs show the atmosphere of the French court of the late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries to have been irreligious, with male homosexuality and tribady open and well-represented.1988, David F Greenberg, The Construction of Homosexuality, Chicago, published 1990, page 315
  2. (countable) A lesbian.

Questions about tribadies

What is tribadies the plural of?
Tribadies is the plural of tribady.

Words near tribadies in the dictionary

  1. trib
  2. trib.
  3. tribade
  4. tribades
  5. tribadic
  6. tribadies
  7. tribadism
  8. tribadist
  9. tribadistic
  10. tribadists
  11. tribady

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