bibativeness
Meaning
Noun
- penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.
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Origin
- Coined circa 1843, by Orson Squire Fowler, as variant of earlier aquativeness (1843), by analogy with earlier alimentiveness (1828). From Latin bibo + -ative -ness; compare Latin bibax ("tending to drink").
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