epithymeticadj.
/ˌɛpɪθɪˈmɛtɪk/ Connected with desire or appetite.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective]
desirousa1420
appetitive1577
appetitualc1616
epithymetic1631
epithymetical1646
appetitious1653
desiderative1656
orectic1779
appetenta1856
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiii. §1. 175 No faculty of the Soule so represents Gods Infinite, as that which Philosophy calls Epithumetike; the burning appetite, or desire of the Soule.
1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 357 Receptacles of the epithymetic part.
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 77 The lowest (or epithumetic) part of human nature.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective]
desirousa1420
appetitive1577
appetitualc1616
epithymetic1631
epithymetical1646
appetitious1653
desiderative1656
orectic1779
appetenta1856
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. §13. 267 By the girdle the heart and parts which God requires are devided from the inferiour and epithumeticall organs. View more context for this quotation
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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