orectic

[aw-rek-tik, oh-rek-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Philosophy.

of or relating to desire; appetitive.

orectic

/ ɒˈrɛktɪk /

adjective

of or relating to the desires

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orectic¹

1665–75; < Greek orektikós appetitive, equivalent to orekt(ós) stretched out, longed for (derivative of orégein to grasp for, desire) + -ikos -ic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of orectic¹

C18: from Greek orektikos causing desire, from oregein to desire

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Example Sentences

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In an ascending scale, a plant is an organism with a nutritive soul; an animal is a higher organism with a nutritive, sensitive, orectic and locomotive soul; a man is the highest organism with a nutritive, sensitive, orectic, locomotive and rational soul.