Definitions For Alimentiveness
Noun
ALIMENTIVENESS (uncountable) The state or quality of being alimentive. (phrenology, obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.Usage notes
In phrenology, a scientific (Latinate) term for vice of gluttony or for gastronomy.{{w, The Lancet}}, Volume 2, 1836, In other words, to what was once called “gluttony,” but which is now dignified by the name “gastronomy.”Coordinate terms
bibativenessEtymology
1828, {{w, George Combe}},{{w, George Combe}}, Elements of Phrenology, 1828, from a {{der, en, de}} term coined by {{w, Johann Spurzheim}}.{{w, The Lancet}}, Volume 2, 1836, “Alimentiveness, a term first adopted by Spurzheim,”Is Alimentiveness a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
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The word Alimentiveness is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends