English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Appetency
Appetency
(n.)
Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving;
an eager appetite.
Appetency
(n.)
Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity
in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in
aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an
organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.
Appetency
(n.)
Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of
inanimate objects.