Appetence
/ˈæp.ɪ.təns/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or action of desiring or craving. countable, uncountable
"[T]hat fair femal Troop […] / Bred onely and completed to the taſte / Of luſtful appetence, to ſing, to dance, / To dreſs, and troule the Tongue, and roule the Eye."
- 2 a feeling of craving something wordnet
Example
More examples"[T]hat fair femal Troop […] / Bred onely and completed to the taſte / Of luſtful appetence, to ſing, to dance, / To dreſs, and troule the Tongue, and roule the Eye."
Etymology
Circa 1600, from French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (“to seek after”). Doublet of appetite.