Appetence
intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
instinctive inclination or natural tendency.
material or chemical attraction or affinity.
Historical Examples
For perception in any subject is vain, unless it can desire, and appetence is useless, unless it can move.
North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Various
noun (pl) -tences, -tencies
a natural craving or desire
a natural or instinctive inclination
an attraction or affinity
n.
“strong desire,” c.1600, from French appétence “desire,” from Latin appetentia “longing after something,” noun of state from appetentem (nominative appetens), present participle of appetere, from ad “to” (see ad-) + petere “to seek, request” (see petition (n.)).
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- Appetent
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- Appetitive
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