frictious

English[edit]

frictious (comparative more frictious, superlative most frictious)

(rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 390:
  We take out any shoots that are frictious against each other.
Somewhat abrasive; not completely smooth.
- 2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2019:
  The juxtaposition of big, throaty harmonies to bloody murder on a quiet, hillside playground overlooking a cemetery provides a jolt of frictious hilarity.