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orectic

orectic adjective: of or pertaining to desire or appetite.

Adjective

orectic (comparative more orectic, superlative most orectic)

  1. Of or pertaining to desire or appetite
    • The desire to know definitely and presciently is also one of the most urgent of the instincts proper of man; it leads him on to the most mystical speculations as to the future, and is the orectic basis of all the arts of divination, as well as of scientific Proleptics or anticipation of the order...1860, Thomas Laycock, Mind and brain, page 94

orectic meaning in Tamil

orectic in Tamil

வேட்கைக்குரிய

Forms of orectic

comparativemore orectic
superlativemost orectic

Origin of orectic

From Ancient Greek ὀρεκτός (orektós, “desired”), from ὀρέγω (orégō, “to desire”).

Words that rhyme with orectic

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Questions about orectic

What does orectic mean?
Orectic means of or pertaining to desire or appetite.
What is orectic in Tamil?
Orectic in Tamil is வேட்கைக்குரிய. See Orectic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is orectic?
Orectic is an adjective.

Words near orectic in the dictionary

  1. orebodies
  2. orebody
  3. orecchiette
  4. oreche
  5. oreches
  6. orectic
  7. orective
  8. orectolobid
  9. orectolobids
  10. oreddy
  11. oredelf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orectic (page history and authors); orectic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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