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Word of the Day – Appetence

By April 24, 2026Word of the Day

Appetence (noun)

ap-et-ans

Intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite./Instinctive inclination or natural tendency.

1600–10; appete (obsolete) to seek for, long for (Latin appetere, equivalent to ap- ap- petere to seek)

Example sentences

“Some might say they have the appetence for war.”

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