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suaviation

suaviation noun: amorous kissing.

Noun

suaviation (uncountable)

  1. Amorous kissing.
    • Certainly I'm not your equal in any way.
      Learn to despise and dislike me a little, please:
      But not too much: for, if I believed that you did so,
      I guess that I'd woo you with tears and with sweet suaviation.1903, The Monthly Review, page 155

Origin of suaviation

From suaviate + -ion.

Questions about suaviation

What does suaviation mean?
Suaviation means amorous kissing.
What part of speech is suaviation?
Suaviation is a noun.

Words near suaviation in the dictionary

  1. suavest
  2. suaviate
  3. suaviated
  4. suaviates
  5. suaviating
  6. suaviation
  7. suavified
  8. suavifies
  9. suavify
  10. suavifying
  11. suaviloquence

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