appetence

Pronounced: AP-ih-tuhns, noun

Notes: I don’t know this word, but it is a good word to know


Yesterday’s word

The word crapulous means “characterized by excess eating or drinking”

First usage

This word came into English in the mid-1500s

Background / Comments

The word comes from the Late Latin word crāpulōsos (inclined to drunkenness). Who would have thought it?

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Christian, lover-of-knowledge, Texan, and other things.

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