Word of the Day: EXOSCULATE


ETYMOLOGY
from participle stem of Latin exosculari, from ex- + osculari (to kiss), from osculum (a kiss)


EXAMPLE
“…And thus having copulated our plebeian endeavours, we exosculate the subumbrations of your subligacles; and sooner shall the surges of the sandiferous sea ignify and evaporate, than the cone of our duty towards you be in the least uncatenate or dissolved; always wishing you health and happiness…”

From: The Works of Jonathan Swift
By Jonathan Swift, 1814

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