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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ap-i-tahyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp ɪˌtaɪt



Definition of appetite

Origin :
  • c.1300, "craving for food," from Anglo-French appetit, Old French apetit (13c.) "appetite, desire, eagerness," from Latin appetitus "appetite," literally "desire toward," from appetitus, past participle of appetere "to long for, desire; strive for, grasp at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + petere "go to, seek out" (see petition (n.)).
  • Of other desires or cravings, from late 14c. As an adjective form, OED lists appetitious (1650s) and appetitual (1610s) as "obsolete," but appetitive (1570s) continues.
  • noun desire for food, worldly goods
Example sentences :
  • But as for running him into the ground, they had lost their appetite for such fighting.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Why not speak of the evils of appetite and of envy and jealousy?
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • His coming seemed to have taken away all of Hiram's appetite.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • I had no appetite for breakfast, and life was sustained principally by drink.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The sword over his head would never have spoiled his appetite!
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • To whet my appetite for Egypt now, I have to have something tasty.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • The little tastes of apple that he got only whetted his appetite.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • Five minutes' sleep—no appetite—no force: You're jolly, now, of course!
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
  • I hope you have brought your appetite with you, and intend to play a good knife and fork?'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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