noun
Meaning 1
The scientific study of kissing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
philematology
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: fĭlē'mətŏʹləji
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Received-Pronunciation: /fɪˌlɪməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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General-American: /fɪˌləməˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
History
Etymology
From Danish filematologi, from Ancient Greek φῐ́λημᾰ (phĭ́lēmă, “a kiss”) + ologi (equivalent to English -ology), but compare the New Latin philēmatologiā, which appears written in Greek as φιληματολογία in the title of a 1659 book.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: filematologia — scientific study of kissing
- French: philamatologie — scientific study of kissing
- German: Philematologie — scientific study of kissing
- Korean: 키스학 (kiseuhak) — scientific study of kissing
- Latin: philēmatologiā — scientific study of kissing