appetency
noun
appetencies
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pluralof appetency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In this early formation of the embryon from the irritabilities, sensibilities, and associabilities, and consequent appetencies, the faculty of volition can scarcely be supposed to have had its birth.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The instincts of men, the appetencies which they possess in common with the whole animal creation, are each made the source of disease, and premature decay.
From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by S. H. (Samuel H.) Hammond
