alimentiveness
English edit
Etymology edit
1828, George Combe,[1] from a German [Term?] term coined by Johann Spurzheim.[2]
Noun edit
alimentiveness (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being alimentive.
- (phrenology, obsolete) The instinct or faculty of appetite for food.
Usage notes edit
In phrenology, a scientific (Latinate) term for vice of gluttony or for gastronomy.[3]
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- ^ George Combe, Elements of Phrenology, 1828, p. 214
- ^ The Lancet, Volume 2, 1836, p. 689
“Alimentiveness, a term first adopted by Spurzheim,” - ^ The Lancet, Volume 2, 1836, p. 689
In other words, to what was once called “gluttony,” but which is now dignified by the name “gastronomy.”