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[os-kyuh-leyt] Origin

os·cu·late

[os-kyuh-leyt] verb, -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to come into close contact or union.
2.
Geometry. (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
verb (used with object)
3.
to bring into close contact or union.
4.
Geometry. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation.
5.
to kiss.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin ōsculātus (past participle of ōsculārī to kiss), equivalent to ōscul(um) kiss, literally, little mouth (see osculum) + -ātus -ate1

os·cu·la·to·ry [os-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
un·os·cu·lat·ed, adjective

oscillate, osculate.
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osculate
"to kiss," 1656, from L. osculari, from osculum "kiss," lit. "little mouth," dim. of os "mouth" (see oral).
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