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osculate¹

  • /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/ UK
  • /ˈɒskjəˌleɪt/ UK
  • /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/ US
  • /ˈɑskjuˌleɪt/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin ōsculātus, perfect active participle of ōsculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōsculum (“a kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culum (diminutive suffix). See also oscillate.

verb osculates · osculating · osculated

  1. ambitransitive To kiss. And in the Olmsted Hotel in Cleveland he surprised a porter and a maid lasciviously osculating in a stairwell.
  2. To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
  3. intransitive To make contact.
  4. Vedic To perform osculation.
  5. To form a connecting link between two genera.

osculate²

  • /ˈɒskjʊlət/ UK
  • /ˈɒskjələt/ UK
  • /ˈɑskjələt/ US
  • /ˈɑskjulət/ US

Where it comes from

From Latin ōsculātus.

adjective

  1. not comparable Relating to kissing.

    Similar: osculatory

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Chicago

"osculate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/osculate.

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@misc{osculate_2026,
  title = {osculate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/osculate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}