philematology

/fɪˌlɪməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

philematology means the scientific study of kissing. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

philematology is pronounced /fɪˌlɪməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/.

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.

noun

The scientific study of kissing.“The Italians use the expression baciare co' denti (kiss with the teeth) to signify "to love." We can only treat these kisses as a sort of transitional link, of shorter or longer duration, according to circumstances. They are, as it were, "a sea fraught with perils," which in Mlle. [Madeleine] de Scudéry's celebrated letter (la carte de tendre), carries one to strange countries (les terres inconnue”