alimentiveness

noun — 2 senses

alimentiveness

noun

Etymology 1828, George Combe, from a German [Term?] term coined by Johann Spurzheim.

1

The state or quality of being alimentive.

2

Human sciences, Medicine, Phrenology, Psychology, Sciences Obsolete The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.

Coordinate terms
bibativeness

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