appetency
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of appetency
1620–30; < Latin appetentia a craving for, equivalent to appetent- (stem of appetēns, present participle of appetere; see appetence) + -ia -ia; see -ency
Example Sentences
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He says that tædium vitæ as in the case of Hamlet is due to ‘unchecked appetency of the ideal.’
From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark
Was the appetency of the ideal strong in Hamlet?
From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark
This was not altogether the case with Browning, who, despite an unquenchable appetency for drama, did better work in his dramatic monologues than in his plays.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
A long cigarette holder between her thin lips, one putty-colored lisle stocking showing to the knee, she exhaled, together with an odor of Florentine orris-root, a ruthless vigor and appetency for pleasure.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French
But the hypothesis of appetency and volition, as of natural selection, are less applicable, less intelligible, in connection with the changes in the teeth.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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