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appetitive, a.|ˈæpɪtaɪtɪv, əˈpɛtɪtɪv|
[a. Fr. appetitif, -ive, ad. L. *appetītīvus, f. appetīt-: see appetite n. and -ive.]
1. Characterized by appetite or desire. spec. in Biol. (see quots.).
1577tr. Bullinger's Decades (1592) 756 Since man, and also other liuing creatures haue an appetitiue or desiring soule. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. ix. 173 He has not only a superior faculty of reason, but also an inferior appetitive faculty. 1878Gladstone Prim. Homer 88 The appetitive part of humanity..adheres to the Olympian gods. 1951W. H. Thorpe in Bull. Animal Behaviour Mar. 37/1 Appetitive Behaviour = The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behaviour pattern or sequence. 1958New Biol. XXVII. 74 Sometimes an animal moves over a large area before performing a specific action... This variable introductory activity in a behaviour sequence is called appetitive behaviour.
2. Giving an appetite; appetizing, attractive. rare.
1864Reader 16 Jan. 75/2 These [family bills of fare]..are not at all times sufficiently appetitive to the eye. |