aquativeness en · NOUN
Etymology
Coined by Spencer Timothy Hall in 1843. From Latin aqua (“water”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”).
Meanings
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(obsolete, qualifier:obscure, uncountable) Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
1843, The American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, Volume 5, p. 193: Just in front of Alimentiveness, is one or more organs which create a love of drinking, bathing, sailing, &c., which might be called Aquativeness, or Bibativeness, or Thirst, as thought best.
1843, Orson Squire Fowler, Phrenology and physiology explained and applied to education, page 193: