eutripsia

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/juːˈtɹɪpsɪə/

noun

joyful fondling or caressing

OriginAncient Greek εὐτριψία →
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Meanings

nouneutripsia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablejoyful fondling or caressing

    They were erudite and sensual about the orectic, the synchronous, the vellicative, about eutripsia, salacious aromas, amplitudes.

    1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekεὐτριψία“pleasant rubbing”
  2. Englisheutripsia

From Ancient Greek εὐτριψία (eutripsía, “pleasant rubbing”) from εὐ- (eu-) + τρῖψις (trîpsis) + -ία (-ía).

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APA

eutripsia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutripsia

MLA

“eutripsia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutripsia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eutripsia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eutripsia.

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