appetite

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English [edit]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology [edit]

Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (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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Noun [edit]

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.

Quotations [edit]

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter
    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.

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Verb [edit]

appetite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of appetire
  2. second-person plural imperative of appetire
  3. Plural of appetito

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

appetite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of appetō