Definitions for osculation

osculation os·cu·la·tion

Spelling: [os-kyuh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌɒs kyəˈleɪ ʃən/

Osculation is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 816 anagrams from letters in osculation (acilnoostu).

Definitions for osculation

noun

  1. the act of kissing.
  2. a kiss.
  3. close contact.
  4. Geometry. the contact between two osculating curves or the like.

Origin of osculation

1650-60; Latin ōsculātiōn- (stem of ōsculātiō) a kissing, equivalent to ōsculāt(us) (see osculate) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for osculation

If there was anything in the way of osculation that that member of an old Austrian family didn't know, I've got to find it out.

Then the crowns were removed and kissed by each of the marrying pair, the bridegroom first performing the osculation.

I've half a mind to ride back and have him out for that rascal "osculation" and the lady unwilling!

I think I am able to assure the reader that in her head the osculation had given birth to no reveries.

Out of the Egyptian darkness came the unmistakable sounds of osculation in various parts of the room.

If osculation is a mark of love, surely Mrs. Mack is the best of mothers.

Word Value for osculation
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