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bibativeness

The English word “bibativeness” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst.

Etymology

Coined circa 1843, by Orson Squire Fowler, as variant of earlier aquativeness (1843), by analogy with earlier alimentiveness (1828). From Latin bibō (“I drink”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”); compare Latin bibāx (“tending to drink”).

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