appetence

noun /ˈæp.ɪ.təns/

1. The state or action of desiring or craving.

   countable, uncountable

   [T]hat fair femal Troop […] / Bred onely and completed to the taſte / Of luſtful appetence, to ſing, to dance, / To dreſs, and troule the Tongue, and roule the Eye.

Where it comes from

Circa 1600, from French appétence, from Latin appetentia, from appetere (“to seek after”). Doublet of appetite.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry appetence (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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