inhabitiveness

noun

in·​hab·​i·​tive·​ness

-bə̇tivnə̇s,

-bə̇tiv-

plural -es

: a propensity to remain permanently in the same place or residence

you know my (what the phrenologists call) inhabitiveness

—J. R. Lowell

Word History

Etymology

inhabit + -ive + -ness

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