Appetite
WordNet
noun
(1) A feeling of craving something
"An appetite for life"
"The object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , , from , from ; + . See , and compare with .
Noun
- Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
- Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
- If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. -- Jeremy Taylor.
- To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
- The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.
Quotations
“And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no
question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before
breakfast. But I am prepared to bet that you will not guess the
form that my exercise has taken.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter