APPETENCY
Dictionary entry overview: What does appetency mean? • APPETENCY (noun)
The noun APPETENCY has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of craving something
Familiarity information: APPETENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• APPETENCY (noun)
Meaning:
A feeling of craving something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
appetence; appetency; appetite
Context examples:
an appetite for life / the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible
Hypernyms ("appetency" is a kind of...):
craving (an intense desire for some particular thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appetency"):
stomach (an appetite for food)
sweet tooth (a strong appetite for sweet food)
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