osculation
Variant of osculate
osculate
Definition
os·cu·late (äs′kyo̵̅o̅ lāt′, -kyə-)
transitive verb, intransitive verb osculated -·lat′ed, osculating -·lat′·ing
- to kiss: a pretentious or facetious usage
- to touch closely
Etymology: < L osculatus, pp. of osculari, to kiss < osculum, little mouth: see osculum
osculation
Synonyms
Browse dictionary entries near osculation
- osculating
- osculated
- osculate
- oscular
- osculant
- oscula
- Osco-Umbrian
- oscitancy
- oscine
- oscilloscopic
- osculatory
- osculum
- -ose
- OSHA
- Oshawa
- Oshkosh
- OSI Reference Model
- osier
- Osiris
- -osis
