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Word entry · 8 letters

appetite

Best crossword clue

"Desire for food"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈæp.ɪ.taɪt/Part of speech nounSorted aeeippttStarts with AEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a feeling of craving something

Word origin

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

Used in a sentence

  • And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.
  • The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
  • If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Desire for food8 letters
02Hunger8 letters

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