appetiteとは

語源

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.

発音

• (米国発音, 英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæp.ə.taɪt/
• Homophone: apatite

名詞

appetite (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 appetites)

1. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     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.

2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Jeremy Taylor

     If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Thomas Macaulay

     To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.

3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
   • (Can we date this quote?)Richard Hooker

     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.

4. A taste, preference.

引用

• 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter

  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.

同意語

• craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

派生語

Further reading

• appetite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• appetite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• appetite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

動詞

appetite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of appetō