osculos

Updated: June 28, 2025

But to kiss is a rare and notable science, and to kiss well a man should eat well, and forsooth, empty am I as any drum! Therefore prithee let us eat, that I may uphold my reputation, for, as the learned master Ovidius hath it, 'osculos' " But from the townsfolk a shout arose: "Comes the Reeve! 'Tis good master Cuthbert! Way for the Reeve!"

Jeffery Farnol - Beltane the Smith