amplexation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin amplexari (“to embrace”).
Noun[edit]
amplexation
- (obsolete) An embrace, especially between frogs.
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- an humble amplexation of those sacred feet
References[edit]
- “amplexation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.