Appetence Definition

ăpĭ-təns
noun
A strong craving or desire.
American Heritage
A tendency or propensity.
American Heritage
A natural attraction or affinity.
American Heritage

The state or action of desiring or craving.

1974: They had assumed the wild sweet freedom of jacking off in their inviolable privacy. Their appetence became resilient with repetition. (Davenport, Tatlin!)
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Origin of Appetence

  • Probably French appétence from Latin appetentia from appetēns appetent- present participle of appetere to strive after appetite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (“seek after"), from ad + petere (“seek").

    From Wiktionary

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