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noun
Love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Qualifier: obscure
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, phrenology, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: bibativeness
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined by Spencer Timothy Hall in 1843. From Latin aqua (“water”) + -ative (“related to”) + -ness (“the quality of”).
