inhabitiveness

inhabitiveness
\\-bə̇d.ivnə̇s, -bə̇tiv-\ noun (-es)
Etymology: inhabit + -ive + -ness
: a propensity to remain permanently in the same place or residence

you know my (what the phrenologists call) inhabitiveness — J.R.Lowell


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  • Inhabitiveness — In*hab it*ive*ness, n. (Phrenol.) See {Inhabitativeness}. [1913 Webster] What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inhabitiveness — in·hab·i·tive·ness …   English syllables

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