Alimentive (adj) (rare)
al-im-en-tiv
Especially in phrenology: designating the propensity to seek food and drink; producing or exhibiting this propensity.
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From aliment + -ive.
Example sentences
“The feeling of satisfaction was like a good dinner to an alimentive man.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
