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").

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