Word of the Day – Osculate

Osculate (verb)

os-koo-layt

(of a curve or surface) touch (another curve or surface) so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact.

Mid 17th century: from Latin osculat- ‘kissed’, from the verb osculari, from osculum ‘little mouth or kiss’.

Example sentences

“The crescents osculate, creating the movement you see.”