amativeness

English

Etymology

From amative +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈam.ə.tɪv.nɪs/

Noun

amativeness (uncountable)

  1. (phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
    • 2012, Catherine Peters, “Court in the Act”, in Literary Review, number 399:
      Combe felt her bumps and pronounced that she had an unusually large cerebellum, the seat of Amativeness.

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