单词 | appetent |
释义 | appetentadj. 1. Longing, eagerly desirous. Const. after, of. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > [adjective] yernc893 oflisteOE courageousc1290 eager?a1300 greedya1300 keena1375 affectuousa1400 lickerousc1405 appetentc1420 affectual1483 gasping1517 zealous1531 avidious1534 avidous1542 affectivec1550 anxious1570 lickerish1579 solicitous1628 mantling1657 ambitioning1683 urgent1753 avid1769 agasp1800 concernable1886 yearnful1889 yevery1896 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 697 [Oxen] ever appetent metes to seek. a1623 Sir G. Buck Hist. Richard III (1979) (modernized text) ii. 98 Ambitious and appetent of renown and worldly glory. 1861 W. F. Hook Lives Archbishops I. iv. 165 Eager to be instructed and appetent of knowledge. 2. metaphorical. Connected with desire and volition. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] desirousa1420 appetitive1577 appetitualc1616 epithymetic1631 epithymetical1646 appetitious1653 desiderative1656 orectic1779 appetenta1856 a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xli. 415 The mental modifications were divided into Gnostic or Cognitive, and Orectic or Appetent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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