osculate

Meanings

Verb

To kiss someone or something.
To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact.
To make contact.
To perform osculation.
To form a connecting link between two genera.

Adjective

Relating to kissing.

Origin

From Latin ōsculātus, from ōs + -culus (“little mouth”).

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