aquativeness

English

Etymology

Coined by Spencer Timothy Hall in 1843.[1] From Latin aqua (“water”) +‎ -ative (“related to”) +‎ -ness (“the quality of”).

Noun

aquativeness (uncountable)

  1. (phrenology, obsolete, obscure) Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
    Synonym: bibativeness
    • 1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education‎[1], page 193:
      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.

References

  1. ^ The Phrenological Journal, and Magazine of Moral Science, Volume 16, 1843, “Lectures on Mesmero-Phrenology”, p. 203:
    “Among Mr Hall’s new organs are those of Velocity, Aquativeness, Riding, Walking, Climbing, Descending, Excavativeness, and so on!”
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