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ap⋅pe⋅tite

  [ap-i-tahyt]
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–noun
1. a desire for food or drink: I have no appetite for lunch today.
2. a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving.
3. a desire or liking for something; fondness; taste: an appetite for power; an appetite for pleasure.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME appetit (< AF) < L appetītus natural desire, equiv. to appetī- (var. s. of appetere; see appetence ) + -tus suffix of v. action

Synonyms:
1–3. longing, hunger. 1, 3. thirst. 2. inclination, wish. 3. relish, gusto, zest.

Antonyms:
1–3. satiety.
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ap·pe·tite   (āp'ĭ-tīt')   
n.  

  1. An instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink.

  2. A strong wish or urge: an appetite for learning.


[Middle English apetit, from Old French, from Latin appetītus, strong desire, from past participle of appetere, to strive after : ad-, ad- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]
ap'pe·ti'tive (āp'ĭ-tī'tĭv, ə-pět'ĭ-tĭv) adj.
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Word Origin & History

appetite 
c.1303, "craving for food," from Anglo-Fr. appetit, from O.Fr. apetit, from L. appetitus "desire toward," from appetere "to long for, desire" from ad- "to" + petere "go to, seek out" (see petition). Appetizer "something taken to whet the appetite" is from 1862; appetizing "exciting desire or hunger" is from 1653.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ap·pe·tite
Pronunciation: 'ap-&-"tIt
Function: noun
: any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life;especially : the desire to eat —ap·pe·ti·tive /-"tIt-iv/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

appetite ap·pe·tite (āp'ĭ-tīt')
n.
An instinctive physical desire, as for food or sex.

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Idioms & Phrases

appetite

see whet one's appetite

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