appetency

American  

[ap-i-tuhn-see] / ˈæp ɪ tən si /

noun

plural

appetencies

1. appetence.

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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

There is a literary appetite, which the author can no more impart than the most skilful cook can give an appetency to the guests.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac

Here he yields nothing, as he owes nothing, to that appetency which binds him to the natural world.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

According to panpsychism, then, physical nature is the manifestation of an appetency or bare consciousness generalized from the thinker's awareness of his most intimate self.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

The third sort, or Perception regulated by animal appetency, is that in which the brain directs from within, such movements of the muscular fibres, as are requisite for the execution of any purpose.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Was the appetency of the ideal strong in Hamlet? 

From More Pages from a Journal by Rutherford, Mark