olfactory kiss

noun

The touching or rubbing of noses between two people.

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Meanings

nounolfactory kiss (plural olfactory kisses)

plural olfactory kisses

  1. The touching or rubbing of noses between two people.

    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
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    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

    Synonyms: Eskimo kiss, nose kiss

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe touching or rubbing of noses between two people.

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Eskimo kissnose kiss
Also see
nose kiss
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APA

olfactory kiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olfactory%20kiss

MLA

“olfactory kiss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olfactory%20kiss. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “olfactory kiss,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/olfactory%20kiss.

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