appetitive

English

Etymology

From appetite +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæp.ə.taɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

appetitive (comparative more appetitive, superlative most appetitive)

1. Having the quality of desiring gratification.

   appetitive behaviour

   appetitive signals

   • 1988 December 11, Tim Walton, “The Novel That Puts Gay Male Liberation — Through Sex — To The Test”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 9:

     This is a novel that puts gay liberation to the test. It places before us the complex reality of a life of appetitive, atomistic sexuality. It calls into question all the optimism we ever felt about the liberating potential of free sexual expression, in particular, its redemptive potential for rich, white men.

Derived terms

• appetitively
• appetitiveness
• nonappetitive

 

Translations

desiring

• German: verlangend (de), begierend
• Italian: appetitivo

References

• “appetitive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: ap‧pe‧ti‧tì‧ve

Adjective

appetitive

1. feminine plural of appetitivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiːˈtiː.u̯e/, [äpːɛt̪iːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ap.pe.tiˈti.ve/, [äpːet̪iˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

appetītīve

1. vocative masculine singular of appetītīvus