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appetite
What does appetite mean?
appetite (noun): a desire to eat food or consume drinks.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use appetite in a sentence?
- Her appetite was inconsistent. (Tatoeba sentence #10634995 by buster_blu, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce appetite?
/ˈæpəˌtaɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does appetite come from?
From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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a desire to eat food or consume drinks
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