alimentiveness

== English == === Etymology === 1828, George Combe, from a German [Term?] term coined by Johann Spurzheim. === 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. ==== Coordinate terms ==== bibativeness === References ===