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

bibativeness

Etymology

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?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
24

The word Alimentiveness is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends

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