Word of the Day: CATAGLOTTISM


ETYMOLOGY
from French cataglottisme (‘a kisse or kissing with the tongue’ (Cotgrave)), 
from Greek καταγλώττισµα, (kataglottisma) -ισµός (‘a lascivious kiss’)


EXAMPLE
“…The kiss is not only an expression of feeling; it is a means of provoking it. Cataglottism is by no means confined to pigeons…”

From: Studies in the Psychology of Sex, 
Volume 4: Sexual Selection In Man
Havelock Ellis, 1905

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