appetite

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[edit] Etymology

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

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Singular
appetite

Plural
appetites

appetite (plural appetites)

  1. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
  2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
    If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. -- Jeremy Taylor.
    To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
    The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.

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“And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. But I am prepared to bet that you will not guess the form that my exercise has taken.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter

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appetite

  1. Second-person plural present tense of appetire.
  2. Second-person plural imperative of appetire.
  3. Plural of appetito