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ˈappetizing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Exciting a desire or longing, esp. for food; stimulating or whetting the appetite.
1653Urquhart Rabelais ii. xxxi, Which he ate up all, he found them so appetizing. 1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. v. §3 (1734) 158 A Course of innocent, tho' neither palatable nor appetizing Medicines. 1856Lever Martins Cro' M. 264 A very appetising luncheon. 1865Reader 9 Sept. 283/1 The title is appetising; the book has..outward promise. |