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olfactory kiss

olfactory kiss noun: the touching or rubbing of noses between two people.

Noun

olfactory kiss (plural olfactory kisses)

  1. The touching or rubbing of noses between two people.
    • Throughout the world there are two main varieties of kisses: the touch, tactile, or lip kiss, osculus Europeanus - and the nose or olfactory kiss, osculus Asiaticus.1926, Clement Wood, The Art of Kissing, Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Junius Company, page 9
    • Among primitive races and Orientals the olfactory kiss is believed to produce a powerful sexual reaction.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 181

Synonyms of olfactory kiss

Forms of olfactory kiss

pluralolfactory kisses

Questions about olfactory kiss

What does olfactory kiss mean?
Olfactory kiss means the touching or rubbing of noses between two people.
What part of speech is olfactory kiss?
Olfactory kiss is a noun.
What is the plural of olfactory kiss?
The plural of olfactory kiss is olfactory kisses.

Words near olfactory kiss in the dictionary

  1. olfactorized
  2. olfactorizes
  3. olfactorizing
  4. olfactors
  5. olfactory
  6. olfactory kiss
  7. olfactory kisses
  8. olfactory nerve
  9. olfactory nerves
  10. olfactory organ
  11. olfactory organs

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