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appetences

appetences is the plural of appetence.

Meaning of appetence

Noun

appetence (countable and uncountable, plural appetences)

  1. The state or action of desiring or craving.
    • [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.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

Questions about appetences

What is appetences the plural of?
Appetences is the plural of appetence.

Words near appetences in the dictionary

  1. appestat
  2. appestats
  3. appeteaser
  4. appeteasers
  5. appetence
  6. appetences
  7. appetencies
  8. appetency
  9. appetent
  10. appetently
  11. appetetive

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