appetence
See also: appétence
English
Etymology
French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (“seek after”), from ad + petere (“seek”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæp.ɪ.təns/
Noun
appetence (countable and uncountable, plural appetences)
- the state or action of desiring or craving
- 1974: They had assumed the wild sweet freedom of jacking off in their inviolable privacy. Their appetence became resilient with repetition. (Davenport, Tatlin!)
Translations
the state or action of desiring or craving
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