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Aug. 29, 2014
Word of the Day

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\OS-kyuh-leyt\
verb
1. to kiss.
2. to bring into close contact or union.
Quotes
And the Marquis, whose rough, red beard was trembling with emotion, effusively osculated the ducal paw.
-- P. W. Wilson, "The Three Young Citizens," Boy's Life, December 1924
Origin
Osculate is formed with the Latin word for "mouth," ōs, and a suffix used to create English verbs from Latin, -ate. It entered English in the mid-1600s.
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