appetence

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Etymology[edit]

Circa 1600, from French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (to seek after). Doublet of appetite.

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appetence (countable and uncountable, plural appetences)

  1. The state or action of desiring or craving.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 610 and 614–616:
      [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.
    • 1895, Arthur Machen, The Three Impostors:
      The days passed quickly; I could see that the professor was all quivering with suppressed excitement, and I could scarce credit the eager appetence of his glance as we left the old manor house behind us, and began our journey.
    • 1974, Davenport, Tatlin!:
      They had assumed the wild sweet freedom of jacking off in their inviolable privacy. Their appetence became resilient with repetition.

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