Meanings
comparative more appetent · superlative most appetent
- archaicEagerly desirous; greedy.
knowing the Earle to be thirsty and Appetent after Glory and Renownie
1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third1 more example
During this first winter Thea got no city consciousness. Chicago was simply a wilderness through which one had to find one's way. She felt no interest in the general briskness and zest of the crowds. The crash and scramble of that big, rich, appetent Western city she did not take in at all, except to notice that the noise of the drays and street-cars tired her.
1915 October, Willa Sibert Cather, chapter V, in The Song of the Lark, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company […], →OCLC, part II (The Song of the Lark), page 193
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinappetēns
- Englishappetent
From Latin appetēns, present participle of appetō.
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Portuguese apetente
- apetenteeagerly desirous
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appetent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appetent
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