The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alimentiveness \Al`i*men"tive*ness\, n. The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state or quality of being alimentive. 2 (label en phrenology obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
Usage examples of "alimentiveness".
The organ of alimentiveness, located directly in front of the ear, indicates the functional conditions of the stomach, which, when aroused by excessive hunger, exerts a debasing influence upon this and all of the adjacent organs, and is demoralizing to both body and mind.
The organ of alimentiveness, located directly in front of the ear, indicates the functional conditions of the stomach, which, when aroused by excessive hunger, exerts a debasing influence upon this and all of the adjacent organs, and is demoralizing to both body and mind.