# osculate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɒskjʊˌleɪt/

## Definitions
1. To kiss.
2. To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
3. To make contact.
4. To perform osculation.
5. To form a connecting link between two genera.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/osculate