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appetition

appetition noun: a desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.

Noun

appetition (countable and uncountable, plural appetitions)

  1. A desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
    • Aristotle: The Politics, T. A. Sinclair (trans.), Book 3 Ch 14, Par 1287a10, Penguin Group 1962.
      Hence law is intelligence without appetition.

Forms of appetition

pluralappetitions

Origin of appetition

From Latin appetītiō (“a longing or desire”).

Questions about appetition

What does appetition mean?
Appetition means a desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
What part of speech is appetition?
Appetition is a noun.
What is the plural of appetition?
The plural of appetition is appetitions.

Words near appetition in the dictionary

  1. appetite comes with eating
  2. appetited
  3. appetiteless
  4. appetitelessness
  5. appetites
  6. appetition
  7. appetitional
  8. appetitions
  9. appetitious
  10. appetitive
  11. appetitively

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