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osculate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acelostuStarts with OEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • And in the Olmsted Hotel in Cleveland he surprised a porter and a maid lasciviously osculating in a stairwell.

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