osculate
verb (used without object)
to come into close contact or union.
osculatory
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a word derived from
osculate.
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a word derived from
osculation.
osculationnounthe act of kissing.
Example Sentences
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I am afraid music is a foreign language to Professor Gore also, with his talk of "osculatory orchestration" and similar tripe.
From Time Magazine Archive
If, for example, that lady there got engaged to that gentleman, she would be quite safe from any encounter from a corpulent, osculatory Uncle, or Chitterlow, or the dangerously insignificant eye of Pierce.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Next day, at school, she must listen to an aftermath of gossipy surmise anent the disappointing osculatory hero.
From Missy by Dana Gatlin
The endlessly osculatory, with their protracted salutations, are sickening.
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
I suppose, during the utterance of the above three brief phrases, the harmless little osculatory operation has taken place, and blushing cousin Harry has touched the damask cheek of cousin Flora and cousin Dora.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
