inhabitiveness

English

Etymology

From inhabitive +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪtɪvnəs/

Noun

inhabitiveness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of inhabitativeness.
   • 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:

     what the phrenologists call inhabitiveness

References

• “inhabitiveness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.