appetible
English
Etymology
From Latin appetibilis, from appetere: compare French appétible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæpətɪbəl/
Adjective
appetible (comparative more appetible, superlative most appetible)
- Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
- 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty
- my answer doth sufficiently prove that which I intend ; that the rational will hath power , both to slight the most appetible objects, and to control the most unruly passions.
- 1655, John Bramhall, Vindication of True Liberty
Translations
capable or worthy of being the object of desire
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References
- appetible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913