English

Noun

aquativeness ‎(uncountable)

1. (phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
   • 1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, http://books.google.com/books?id=E0bOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193&dq=bibativeness p. 193]:
   • 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.

Synonyms

• bibativeness

Related terms

• aquatic

References

1. ↑ The Phrenological Journal, and Magazine of Moral Science, Volume 16, 1843, “Lectures on Mesmero-Phrenology”, p. 203:
   “Among Mr Hall’s new organs are those of Velocity, Aquativeness, Riding, Walking, Climbing, Descending, Excavativeness, and so on!”