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osculance

osculance noun: the state of being osculant.

Noun

osculance (uncountable)

  1. (Bantu linguistics) The state of being osculant.

Origin of osculance

Coined by Malcolm Guthrie in 1967 in Comparative Bantu.

Questions about osculance

What does osculance mean?
Osculance means the state of being osculant.
What part of speech is osculance?
Osculance is a noun.

Words near osculance in the dictionary

  1. Oscoda
  2. Oscoda County
  3. OSCs
  4. OSCTT
  5. oscula
  6. osculance
  7. osculant
  8. osculants
  9. oscular
  10. oscularly
  11. osculate

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