suaviation

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English

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Etymology

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suaviate +‎ -ion.

Noun

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suaviation (uncountable)

  1. Amorous kissing.
    • 1903, The Monthly Review, page 155:
      Certainly I'm not your equal in any way.
      Learn to despise and dislike me a little, please:
      But not too much: for, if I believed that you did so,
      I guess that I'd woo you with tears and with sweet suaviation.