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English-Thai Dictionary

appetency

N ความต้องการ appetence desire appetite khwam-tong-kan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPETENCY

Ap "pe *ten *cy, n.; pl. Appetencies. Etym: [L. appetentia, fr. appetere to strive after, long for. See Appetite. ]

1. Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite. They had a strong appetency for reading. Merivale.

2. 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. These lacteals have mouths, and by animal selection or appetency the absorb such part of the fluid as is agreeable to their palate. E. Darwin.

3. Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

New American Oxford Dictionary

appetency

ap pe ten cy |ˈapitənsē ˈæpədənsi | ▶noun ( pl. appetencies ) archaic a longing or desire. • a natural tendency or affinity. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin appetentia, from appetere ‘seek after ’ (see appetite ).

Oxford Dictionary

appetency

appetency |ˈapɪt (ə )nsi |(also appetence ) ▶noun ( pl. appetencies ) rare a longing or desire. • a natural tendency or affinity. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin appetentia, from appetere ‘seek after ’ (see appetite ).