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appetence PRONUNCIATION: (A-puh-tuhns)

MEANING: noun: A strong desire or inclination.

ETYMOLOGY: impetuous, petulant, pteridology, From French appétence (desire), from Latin appetentia, from appetere (to seek after), ad- (to) + petere (to seek). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly), which also gave us appetite, feather, petition, compete, perpetual, propitious pinnate , and lepidopterology . Earliest documented use: 1610.

USAGE:

James Travers; Cautious Voters Keep New PM on Tight Leash; Toronto Star (Canada); Jan 24, 2006.



See more usage examples of “Conservatives will now be able to test the national appetence for more individualistic solutions to social policy problems.”James Travers; Cautious Voters Keep New PM on Tight Leash;(Canada); Jan 24, 2006.See more usage examples of appetence in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him. -Bayard Rustin, civil rights activist (17 Mar 1912-1987)





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