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alimentiveness

alimentiveness noun: the state or quality of being alimentive.

Noun

alimentiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being alimentive.
  2. (obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.

Origin of alimentiveness

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

Questions about alimentiveness

What does alimentiveness mean?
Alimentiveness means the state or quality of being alimentive.
What part of speech is alimentiveness?
Alimentiveness is a noun.

Words near alimentiveness in the dictionary

  1. alimentative
  2. alimentativeness
  3. alimented
  4. alimenting
  5. alimentive
  6. alimentiveness
  7. alimentous
  8. aliments
  9. Alimoan
  10. Alimodian
  11. alimonies

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