Aquativeness

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Noun
  1. 1
    Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing. obsolete, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

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

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