Etymology

bibativeness

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Today it means: penchant for drinking, love of liquids (not necessarily alcoholic), thirst. Full definition →

Latin bibō
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  1. Latin · derived frombibō“I drink”
  2. English todaybibativeness

Coined circa 1843, by Orson Squire Fowler, as variant of earlier aquativeness (1843), by analogy with earlier alimentiveness (1828). From Latin bibō (“I drink”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”); compare Latin bibāx (“tending to drink”).

Words from the same roots

Latinbibō all →

beveragebibbeverbibation

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