Definition of "amativeness" [am•a•tive•ness]

• The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• ""That's it," said Mrs. Gubbins; "they call it number one, sometimes; I suppose amativeness is Latin for number one."
• "There may be some doubt whether the function called amativeness is located in the cerebellum at all; at least, it is perfectly certain that amativeness is not the exclusive function of the cerebellum."
• "How should she know that his indifference was often a victory over himself, as his amativeness was a defeat?"