alimentiveness

[Eng. aliment, ive, -ne .] Phren.: A protuberance on the brain or skull, alleged to constitute the organ which imparts the pleasure which is feit in eating or drinking. †ăl-i-mô-ni-ous, a. [Eng. alimony; -ous.] Pertaining to nourishment. "The plethora renders us lean, by suppre ing our spirits, whereby they whereby they are incapacitated of digesting the alimonious humours into into flesh."-Harvey: Consumption.