English[edit]
Wikipedia
Etymology[edit]
From amative + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
amativeness (uncountable)
- (phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.
- 2012, Catherine Peters, ‘Court in the Act’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- Combe felt her bumps and pronounced that she had an unusually large cerebellum, the seat of Amativeness.