Definition of appetency Appetency

ap•pe•ten•cy

We found 7 definitions of appetency from 5 different sources.

What does appetency mean?

Noun
appetency - a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
		appetite, appetence
		craving an intense desire for some particular thing
		stomach an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

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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.

appetency
ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.—adj. Ap′petent. [L. appetent-em, appetĕre—ad, to, petĕre, to seek.]