appetition
appetition · appetitions
A desire, longing for, or seeking after of somethingA desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Origin
From Latin appetītiō (“a longing or desire”).From Latin appetītiō (“a longing or desire”).
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Forms
plural: appetitions| Singular | appetition |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedappetiteB1
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable