appetence

[ ap-i-tuhns ]
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noun
  1. intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.

  2. instinctive inclination or natural tendency.

  1. material or chemical attraction or affinity.

Origin of appetence

1
1600–10; appete (obsolete) to seek for, long for (<Latin appetere, equivalent to ap-ap-1 + petere to seek) + -ence; or <French appétence

Other words from appetence

  • ap·pe·tent, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for appetence

appetence

appetency

/ (ˈæpɪtəns) /


nounplural -tences or -tencies
  1. a natural craving or desire

  2. a natural or instinctive inclination

  1. an attraction or affinity

Origin of appetence

1
C17: from Latin appetentia, from appetere to crave

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