alimentarinessn.
/ˌalᵻˈmɛnt(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌæləˈmɛnt(ə)rinᵻs/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > nourishing food > nourishing quality
foisonc1430
restorative1528
nourishment1555
alimentariness1727
nutritiousness1727
nutritiveness1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Alimentariness, nourishing Quality. [Also in later dictionaries.]
2. In phrenology: = alimentiveness n. Now rare or disused.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by eating habits > eating habits > [noun] > instinct to seek food
alimentiveness1830
alimentativeness1832
alimentariness1843
1843 T. Medwin Lady Singleton III. xxxiv. 33 Imagination was immense—hope, large—languages, satisfactory—mathematics, null—comparativeness, and alimentariness, prodigious.
1870 R. Bird Physiol. Ess. 36 In point of fact, Dr. Caldwell has shown much reason for considering the irresistible desire for intoxicating liquors as a symptom of cerebral disease, having its special seat probably in the organ of alimentariness.
1905 D. Blackburn Richard Hartley, Prospector iv. 71 I know they [sc. immoderate drinkers] are the victims of too abnormal development of the orrgan [sic] of alimentariness, and of a deficiency in the orrgan of caution.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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