appetency
Americannoun
plural
appetenciesEtymology
Origin of appetency
1620–30; < Latin appetentia a craving for, equivalent to appetent- (stem of appetēns, present participle of appetere; appetence ) + -ia -ia; -ency
Example Sentences
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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)
These lacteal? ?ave mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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
This is the reason why beauty is to all creatures an object of appetency, of desire and of love.
From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various
Such appetency or bare consciousness is the essential or substantial state of that which appears as physical nature.
From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton
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