osculate

Definition

To kiss.

Etymology

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). Doublet of oscillate.

Example Sentences

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