philematology
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prettygoodwordphilematology (fi-leh-muh-TOHL-oh-jee) - n., the study of kissing.
Technically, the scientific study, but amateur investigations can be humorously so named. Probably coined in English from Greek roots phílēma, a kiss + -ology, but also independently coined in Latin in 1659 (in a book titled Speculum philēmatologías, or Mirror of Philematology published in Germany).
---L.
Technically, the scientific study, but amateur investigations can be humorously so named. Probably coined in English from Greek roots phílēma, a kiss + -ology, but also independently coined in Latin in 1659 (in a book titled Speculum philēmatologías, or Mirror of Philematology published in Germany).
---L.
