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.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
