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appetite

ap·pe·tite

UK/ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt/ US/ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/ fairly common

noun

1.

a feeling of craving something

  • “an appetite for life”
  • “the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible” Granville Hicks
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Origin

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

Phrases

  • appetite comes with eating
  • concupiscible appetite
  • irascible appetite
  • risk appetite
  • sexual appetite
  • whet someone's appetite

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