appetence








noun

  1. intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
  2. instinctive inclination or natural tendency.
  3. material or chemical attraction or affinity.

noun plural -tences or -tencies

  1. a natural craving or desire
  2. a natural or instinctive inclination
  3. 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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