inhabitiveness
noun
in·hab·i·tive·ness
-bə̇tivnə̇s,
-bə̇tiv-
plural -es
: a propensity to remain permanently in the same place or residence
you know my (what the phrenologists call) inhabitiveness
J. R. Lowell
J. R. Lowell
Word History
Etymology
inhabit + -ive + -ness
- dog wagon
- dog warden
- dog warp
- dog wheel
- dog whelk
- dog whistle
- dog winkle
- dog wrench
- dog's age
- dog's bent
- dog's breakfast
- dog's breakfasts
- dog's cabbage
- dog's camomile
- dog's chance
- dog's death
- dog's grass
- dog's letter
- dog's life
- dog's meat
- dog's mercury
- dog's nose
- dog's noses
- dog's parsley
- dog's tooth