Definitions for appetence

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appetence ap·pe·tence

Spelling: [ap-i-tuh ns]

IPA: /ˈæp ɪ təns/

Appetence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in appetence (aceeenppt).

Definitions for appetence

noun

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

Origin of appetence

1600-10; appete (obsolete) to seek for, long for (Latin appetere, equivalent to ap- ap-¹ + petere to seek) + -ence; or French appéte

Examples for appetence

For perception in any subject is vain, unless it can desire, and appetence is useless, unless it can move.