noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being alimentive. uncountable
2. 2
   The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bibativeness

Etymology

1828, George Combe, from a German [Term?] term coined by Johann Spurzheim.

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