appetency
[ap-i-tuh n-see]
noun, plural ap·pe·ten·cies.
Origin of appetency
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Related Words for appetency
longing, penchant, liking, urge, wish, hunger, drive, thirst, lust, yearning, appetence, appetite, craving, piningExamples from the Web for appetency
Historical Examples of appetency
We shall adopt the word "Appetency" to designate the Mentation in plant-life.
Dynamic ThoughtWilliam Walker Atkinson
The church of Durham, he said, was the great object of their appetency.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.
Delsarte System of OratoryVarious
Many young animals evidence little or nothing more than "Appetency" in suckling.
Dynamic ThoughtWilliam Walker Atkinson
Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.