appetence

See also: appétence

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæp.ɪ.təns/

Noun

appetence (countable and uncountable, plural appetences)

  1. 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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