alimentativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻˈmɛntətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈmɛn(t)ədɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alimentativus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alimentativus (1628 in the original Latin edition of the source of quot. 1653 at sense 1) < alimentat- , past participial stem of alimentare aliment v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier alimental adj. and alimentary adj.

1. = alimentary adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > relating to nutrition

belly1377

nutritivea1398

alimentative1653

alimentary1730

threptica1832

alimentive1835

nutritory1883

1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercises viii. 46 All the parts are nourished, cherished, and quickned with blood, which is warm, perfect, vaporous, full of spirit, and that I may so say, alimentative.

1846 Southern Cultivator 4 190/2 If he finds it [sc. the soil] in want of new alimentative matter, let him immediately proceed to raising stable and cow-pen manures.

1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature 11 Aug. 346/1 If the analogy holds good, there can be only two kinds of diseases, the one dependent on abnormal states of the physiological units, the other on perturbation of their co-ordinating and alimentative machinery.

1906 B. Stoker Personal Reminisc. Henry Irving 246 One and all draw alimentative substance from common sources.

2001 C. Gillespie European Gastron. into 21st Cent. i. 6 Understanding of the alimentative, psychological and cultural value of the family meal is potentially being lost.

2. Of or relating to the appetite for food and drink, or to eating and drinking; alimentive (alimentive adj. 2).

ΚΠ

1832 Transylvania Jrnl. Med. 5 349 An industrious man has no time for luxurious indulgences. He soon therefore ceases to feel a desire for them. The reason is, that his alimentative organ loses its intensity for want of stimulation.

1954 W. S. Taylor Dynamic & Abnormal Psychol. vi. 113 An occasional abnormal adult's sexual motivation has become attached to some special alimentative, sensory, or other motivation through undue influences.

1978 Appl. Animal Ethol. 4 299 Alimentative behaviour includes eating and drinking as well as selectivity of food, grazing patterns and diurnally timed ingestion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alimentative
释义	alimentativeadj. Brit. /ˌalᵻˈmɛntətɪv/, U.S. /ˌæləˈmɛn(t)ədɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alimentativus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alimentativus (1628 in the original Latin edition of the source of quot. 1653 at sense 1) < alimentat- , past participial stem of alimentare aliment v. + classical Latin -īvus -ive suffix. Compare earlier alimental adj. and alimentary adj. 1. = alimentary adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > relating to nutrition belly1377 nutritivea1398 alimentative1653 alimentary1730 threptica1832 alimentive1835 nutritory1883 1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercises viii. 46 All the parts are nourished, cherished, and quickned with blood, which is warm, perfect, vaporous, full of spirit, and that I may so say, alimentative. 1846 Southern Cultivator 4 190/2 If he finds it [sc. the soil] in want of new alimentative matter, let him immediately proceed to raising stable and cow-pen manures. 1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature 11 Aug. 346/1 If the analogy holds good, there can be only two kinds of diseases, the one dependent on abnormal states of the physiological units, the other on perturbation of their co-ordinating and alimentative machinery. 1906 B. Stoker Personal Reminisc. Henry Irving 246 One and all draw alimentative substance from common sources. 2001 C. Gillespie European Gastron. into 21st Cent. i. 6 Understanding of the alimentative, psychological and cultural value of the family meal is potentially being lost. 2. Of or relating to the appetite for food and drink, or to eating and drinking; alimentive (alimentive adj. 2). ΚΠ 1832 Transylvania Jrnl. Med. 5 349 An industrious man has no time for luxurious indulgences. He soon therefore ceases to feel a desire for them. The reason is, that his alimentative organ loses its intensity for want of stimulation. 1954 W. S. Taylor Dynamic & Abnormal Psychol. vi. 113 An occasional abnormal adult's sexual motivation has become attached to some special alimentative, sensory, or other motivation through undue influences. 1978 Appl. Animal Ethol. 4 299 Alimentative behaviour includes eating and drinking as well as selectivity of food, grazing patterns and diurnally timed ingestion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1653
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