Etymology

osculatrix

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Today it means: A curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind. Full definition →

New Latin osculātrīx ← Latin osculor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromosculor“to kiss”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromosculātrīx
  3. English todayosculatrix

From New Latin osculātrīx (literally “female kisser”), from Latin osculor (“to kiss”) + -trīx.

Words from the same roots

Latinosculor all →

inosculate

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