Kiss


 
 
Kiss

A kiss (from Old English cyssan "to kiss", in turn from coss "a kiss", perhaps onomatopoeic) is the touching of the lips to some other thing; usually another person.

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Kissing is a learned behaviour, related to the grooming behaviour seen between other animals. Many non-human primates also exhibit kissing behaviour.

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In modern Western culture, kissing is most commonly an expression of affection.

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Between people of close acquaintance kissing is done as a greeting or a good-bye, kissing each other on the cheek (or near the cheek, in the air, while cheeks are touching). This is done as a common greeting in Latin American countries, also at the time of aquaintance between a man and a woman, or two women. Relatives may kiss younger children to comfort them or show affection, and vice versa. As an expression of romantic affection or sexual desire it involves two people kissing one another on the lips, and may also involve one person kissing another on various parts of their body.


 

Old English: Old English (Englisc, Anglisc, Ænglisc) or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written in parts of what are now England and south-eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. What survives through writing represents primarily th...

Onomatopoeic: redirect Onomatopoeia...

Lip: Lips (upper and lower) are the red (or pink or brown) and soft edges covering the human mouth. It is also the edge of a thin object such as a cup....


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Introduction
Kissing as affection
Kissing as symbolism
Other uses
Asymmetry in kissing
The anatomy of kissing
Kisses in history, art and literature
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External links and references
 
FR: Baiser


 

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