appetency
Americannoun
plural
appetenciesEtymology
Origin of appetency
1620–30; < Latin appetentia a craving for, equivalent to appetent- (stem of appetēns, present participle of appetere; see appetence) + -ia -ia; see -ency
Example Sentences
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This at first suggests an appetency for another language like the dog-Latin gibberish of children.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley
Natural Perception, Sensitive Perception, and Perception regulated by animal appetency.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Was the appetency of the ideal strong in Hamlet?
From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark
This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
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