Pronounced: spahrj, verb/noun
Notes: I may have heard this word, but I don’t have a recollection of it
Yesterday’s word
The word appetence means “a strong desire or inclination”
First usage
This word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word is a good one to know; there is an old word “lust” that meant something similar – however, the modern meaning has changed, so our word is a good one to mean this one. Our word comes from the French word appétence (desire), which comes from the Latin word appetentia, which comes from appetere (to seek after), which is made of ad- (to) and petere (to seek).
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