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aquativeness

aquativeness noun: love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.

Noun

aquativeness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, obscure) Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
    • 1843, The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 5, p. 193:
      Just in front of Alimentiveness, is one or more organs which create a love of drinking, bathing, sailing, &c., which might be called Aquativeness, or Bibativeness, or Thirst, as thought best.1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, page 193
    Synonyms:
    bibativeness

Synonyms of aquativeness

Origin of aquativeness

Coined by Spencer Timothy Hall in 1843. From Latin aqua (“water”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”).

Questions about aquativeness

What does aquativeness mean?
Aquativeness means love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
What part of speech is aquativeness?
Aquativeness is a noun.

Words near aquativeness in the dictionary

  1. aquatintist
  2. aquatintists
  3. aquatints
  4. aquation
  5. aquations
  6. aquativeness
  7. aquatone
  8. aquatones
  9. aquatorium
  10. aquatourism
  11. aquatrained

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